Exploring global solutions to inequality (with Faiza Shaheen)
Reducing inequality is not only possible, but it’s actually happening all across the globe. Faiza Shaheen, the Inequality Program Lead at NYU, has been researching the conditions and policies that can...
31 Touko 202231min
Inclusion is an economic necessity (with john a. powell)
john a. powell, the Director of the Othering & Belonging Institute, explains why the concept of belonging is so important for a healthy community and why inclusion is the key to a thriving economy. ...
24 Touko 202246min
Consumers deserve an inflation rebate (with Congressman Ro Khanna)
Gas prices have reached record highs in the United States. Is inflation actually to blame, or is it the greed of Big Oil, which is enjoying record profits? Congressman Ro Khanna walks us through his p...
17 Touko 202236min
How Biden’s budget proposal takes on corporate power (with Niko Lusiani)
The Biden Administration’s 2023 budget proposal includes a Billionaire Minimum Income Tax and a rewrite of stock buyback practices. Will these changes actually take effect? If so, will they do enough ...
10 Touko 202235min
Pirate equity (with Jim Baker)
The idea behind private equity firms—to buy failing companies and turn them around for a profit—is not inherently bad. So why is private equity such a major driver of economic inequality? Jim Baker, t...
3 Touko 202237min
Companies can't self-regulate their way to inclusive capitalism (with Katie Bach)
In 2019, a group of business leaders signed a high-profile pledge promising that they would voluntarily move toward a more inclusive stakeholder-focused version of capitalism. But throughout the pande...
26 Huhti 202238min
Why your non-compete clause is probably illegal (with Attorney General Bob Ferguson)
Non-compete clauses, and the lesser-known no-poach agreements between franchises, are shockingly common for low-wage workers. Although these contracts were originally intended to protect trade secrets...
19 Huhti 202244min
How neoliberalism happened (with George Monbiot and Binyamin Appelbaum)
It’s trendy to mock the malicious pervasiveness of neoliberalism now, but have you ever wondered what its origins are? This week, George Monbiot and Binyamin Appelbaum join the show to uncover just wh...
12 Huhti 202259min
