Fiscal policy can help save the environment (with Sarah Bloom Raskin)
Can we create transformative climate outcomes by adopting new regulatory strategies? Financial regulation expert Sarah Bloom Raskin helps us explore what levers exist to steer fiscal and monetary poli...
20 Jul 202141min
Why billionaires are paying no taxes (LIVE from CAP)
Our friends at the Center for American Progress put on a great virtual event last week with Senator Sherrod Brown, discussing how the U.S. tax codes favors the wealthy and the tools Congress plans to ...
13 Jul 202122min
We all do better when we all do better (with JP Julien)
Contrary to fears that economic inclusion must come at the expense of economic growth, global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company's research and empirical evidence supports the idea that eco...
6 Jul 202131min
Summer Reading List!
It’s Nick and Goldy’s summer reading list! We want to know what you’re reading, too. Let us know on Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics. Remember to shop local and small when you can, or order from Ind...
29 Jun 202128min
Post-pandemic booms (with Callum Williams)
Callum Williams from The Economist predicts what we can expect from the economy in the coming months based on past periods of massive non-financial disruption, including past pandemics and major world...
22 Jun 202138min
Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol is a trickle-down clown
You probably saw the news that Chipotle is raising its menu prices by 4 percent, and that leadership is blaming the price increase on the fact that they had to raise their starting pay to $15 per hour...
15 Jun 202133min
Inequality is bad for everyone (with Djaffar Shalchi)
We’re back to our favorite topic this week—TAX THE RICH! Beyond all the benefits that come from a well-funded social safety net, taxing the wealthy would lessen inequality, which would make most peopl...
9 Jun 202138min
How U.S. policy was designed to suppress wages (with Larry Mishel and Josh Bivens)
Radical and rising economic inequality is no secret — and now, thanks to new research from the Economic Policy Institute, neither is its price tag nor its cause. There’s never been a study quite like ...
1 Jun 202138min
