Revisiting the history of Middle-Out Economics (with Michael Tomasky)
We’ve lived in the shadow of trickle-down economics for over 40 years. During that time, our leaders unquestioningly embraced economic policies that prioritize the wealthiest and most powerful, with t...
5 Des 202345min
Working Toward a Full Employment Economy (with Arnab Datta)
In its quest to combat inflation the Federal Reserve has seemingly done everything in its power to engineer a recession, which would throw millions of people out of work. Rather than question the Fed’...
28 Nov 202337min
Understanding the Sahm Rule (with economist Claudia Sahm)
Mainstream economists have been predicting a recession on the horizon for over a year, with some doomsayers even making up something called “a non-recession recession” to characterize the state of the...
21 Nov 202342min
Exploring American Inequality (with Nobel Laureate Angus Deaton)
No matter which indicator you’re using, American inequality has been increasing in recent decades. Whether you’re measuring the growing wealth gap, the stagnant wages of the middle class, or the conce...
14 Nov 202344min
The return of child labor (with Nina Mast and Jennifer Sherer)
At a time when violations of child labor laws are on the rise nationally, state lawmakers around the country are successfully rolling back child labor protections. Jennifer Sherer and Nina Mast from t...
7 Nov 202347min
The path of political disintegration (with Peter Turchin)
When Nick warned back in 2013 that the pitchforks were coming, he meant that if we continued immiserating the majority of citizens by enriching a wealthy few at the expense of everyone else, an uprisi...
31 Okt 202345min
Corporate Bullsh*t (with Joan Walsh and Donald Cohen)
Politicians and business interests have lied to the American people for centuries in order to protect their power and profits—and they tell the exact same lies every single time. Nick has co-written a...
24 Okt 202335min
The economics of belonging (with john a. powell)
If you’re a long-time listener, you’ve definitely heard us discuss the golden rule of middle out economics: The more people you include in the economy, the faster and more prosperous it grows for ever...
17 Okt 202348min
