Why Walmart workers are still broke (with Rick Wartzman)
Goldy and Paul interview author Rick Wartzman about how America’s biggest employer (Walmart) began taking better care of its workers (by raising wages)—and why that decision might be too little, too l...
28 Feb 202335min
Why stock buybacks should be taxed more (with Cory Booker)
Stock buybacks are one of the worst excesses of modern capitalism, which naturally means they're one of our favorite subjects to cover on the podcast. And since they’re in the news again, we thought i...
21 Feb 202333min
How Biden is restoring economic competition (with David Dayen)
In July 2021, President Biden signed an executive order directing government agencies to rewrite policies to encourage competition in the U.S. economy. Returning guest David Dayen has compiled 18 mont...
14 Feb 202343min
Why canceling student debt makes great economic sense (with Fenaba Addo)
When the Biden Administration announced last year that they would forgive up to $20,000 student loan debt per individual, millions of people celebrated—and for good reason. The student loan debt that ...
7 Feb 202335min
The many benefits of a guaranteed job program (with Max Kasy and Lukas Lehner)
Oxford economists are currently running the world’s first Universal Job Guarantee program in Austria, and so far the results are very promising. When unemployed people have guaranteed access to traini...
31 Jan 202338min
The legacy of the Fight for $15 (with NELP)
Exactly one decade ago, activists and civic leaders launched the Fight for $15. It’s hard to recall now, but the idea was wildly controversial at the time—Forbes called Nick’s support of a $15 minimum...
24 Jan 202348min
Sci-Fi Economics (with Kim Stanley Robinson)
We can’t tear down the existing economic framework and replace it with a better one without first telling a persuasive story about how the economy actually works. And few people in the world are more ...
17 Jan 202352min
The real reasons why inflation soared last year (with Ira Regmi)
For most of last year economists and pundits engaged in a long, circular debate about why inflation was spiking around the world, and who was to blame for those skyrocketing prices. Economic experts a...
10 Jan 202338min
