BONUS: Why do we fight fires like it’s still 1969? (with Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz)
Washington state lost 440,000 acres in almost two thousand wildfires last year﹣a record high. Once the most beautiful month in Washington’s year, August is now marred by hazy, smoky skies that drive e...
17 Touko 201921min
Can rural America be saved?
It’s not just economic inequality, the gap between rich and poor people, that’s growing wider in America. Spatial inequality, the gap between rich and poor places, is growing too. The most obvious exa...
14 Touko 201955min
Homo economicus must die (with Samuel Bowles)
Homo economicus is the figurative human being used in economic modeling. But the term defines human nature as perfectly rational, perfectly logical, and always self-interested. Does that sound like an...
7 Touko 201931min
BONUS: Tax the Rich! (with Tax March Executive Director Maura Quint)
Our friends at the Tax March, a national progressive tax awareness coalition, just launched a new campaign called “Tax the Rich” which urges every Democrat in Congress and every presidential candidate...
3 Touko 201919min
What are the economics of climate change? (with Governor Jay Inslee and Fadhel Kaboub)
All the economic and social policy that we discuss on this podcast won’t matter if we don’t address climate change. Governor Jay Inslee and Professor Fadhel Kaboub join Nick and Goldy to explain that ...
30 Huhti 201948min
What is Modern Monetary Theory? (with Stephanie Kelton)
Is government debt real? Is anything real? Professor Stephanie Kelton gives Nick and Goldy a master class on the hottest idea in economics right now: Modern Monetary Theory. Stephanie Kelton is a pro...
23 Huhti 201945min
Should Democrats appeal to the center by moving hard left? (with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal)
For too long, pundits and politicians have talked about the political center as a perfect balance between conservatives and liberals. But this quest for some sort of mythical middle ground between lef...
16 Huhti 201933min
BONUS: Senator Cory Booker - Unedited Conversation
We spoke to Senator Cory Booker about stock buybacks and his Workers Dividend Act in February. We hope you enjoy the full, unedited conversation! Cory Booker is the U.S. Senator from New Jersey and a ...
13 Huhti 201937min
