The economics of mass incarceration (with Robynn Cox)
What role does the criminal justice system play in economic inequality? How does economic inequality cause mass incarceration? And how do we tease those two questions apart? Robynn Cox, an expert in t...
5 Apr 202233min
Why a $15 minimum wage is no longer enough (with Dean Baker)
Ever wondered what the minimum wage would be if it had kept pace with inflation and productivity like it used to? Here’s a hint: $7.25, and even $15.00, don’t come close. Economist Dean Baker has been...
29 Mar 202231min
Did corporate greed break the supply chain? (with Rakeen Mabud)
While many Americans struggle to make ends meet, corporate America’s 2021 profits were higher than ever. So why are corporations making more money while supply chain issues are still driving up inflat...
22 Mar 202236min
Free lunch thinking (with Tom Bergin)
Investigative financial analyst Tom Bergin cut his teeth investigating corporate wrongdoing. When he turned his attention to the economics profession, he learned that eight major economic theories—use...
15 Mar 202244min
Congress looks to the CBO for economic expertise. Is that a mistake? (with Mark Paul)
The Congressional Budget Office, the institution that furnishes cost-benefit analyses for federal legislation under consideration by Congress, has a really hard job. But some of the assumptions they r...
8 Mar 202238min
How Davos Man devours the world (with Peter Goodman)
Billionaires have looted economies, hidden from tax bills, and destabilized democracies for decades. But the subset of billionaires who make a show of pretending to be good citizens have to be the wor...
1 Mar 202240min
The economics of abortion (with Caitlin Myers)
We often discuss abortion as an issue of bodily autonomy, personal rights, and reproductive justice. Of course it’s all of those things, but it’s also an economic issue. Access (or lack thereof) to an...
22 Feb 202237min
Ask Nick Anything
Nick and Goldy answer your questions! How is any form of union busting legal? Why can’t America be more like the Nordic countries? Is taxing unrealized capital gains a good idea? And more! Thanks to ...
15 Feb 202254min
