that was richard heinberg a senior fellow at the post carbon institute time now for today's big deal. big deal time with one of my very favorite ladies on this whole planet mr martin the host of breaking the set. the fabulous alvey is here to discuss gender inequality in the workplace and the infuriating and i mean infuriating pay gap that also exists now according to the latest figures from the u.s. labor department white women earn about eighty one cents for every dollar that men on black women earn sixty seven percent of what white men earn and latino women are only sixty percent women also spent twelve years out of the workforce on average to care for their families now even as women work diligently and just as hard as men they can't seem to break this glass ceiling even though it should be shattered and at least been cracked if you will but why do you think men continue to get promoted faster and get paid more than women i mean this is a really important thing to address erin because when i talk about the pay gap people respond there like that's a myth the whole not having two ce