Economist Tyler Cowen, author of Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation, talks with Andrés Martinez about America’s growing inequality, and why our best hope for combating it lies in Texas. The rest of the country is going to look more like Houston than midtown Manhattan, says Cowen. Candyfreak author Steve Almond and New America policy analyst Lina Khan talk with Martinez and Anne-Marie Slaughter about why we should mourn the candy industry’s consolidation. Regional treats used to be a source of civic pride (and deliciousness). Now, we’re choosing almost exclusively between Hershey, Mars, and Nestle products in the candy aisle.