How American tax policy fosters racial inequality (with Dorothy A. Brown)
While most Americans know that our tax system advantages wealthy white families, not as many people realize how much it also actively disadvantages Black families. Tax law professor Dorothy Brown brea...
26 Juli 202229min
We can redefine worker power (with Elizabeth Anderson)
What are the ethical limits of the market? How do we shift the balances of power back towards workers? What does true freedom really look like? Nick and Goldy explore these questions and more in a fas...
19 Juli 202241min
Can corporations help repair society? (with Ben & Jerry)
Business leaders can use their power and resources to make meaningful change, but should they? Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the founders of iconic ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s, have navigated the ...
12 Juli 202237min
Ask Nick Anything
Nick and Goldy answer more of your questions! What’s the deal with cryptocurrency? How are people still saying that inflation was caused by the stimulus? Is capitalism better than market socialism? Pl...
5 Juli 202247min
Has Chile defeated neoliberalism? (with Marcelo Casals)
Chile has a proud tradition of protests, but the unrest of 2019 was different. More than a million people took to the streets to protest their nation’s vast inequality. The uprising made international...
28 Juni 202229min
Marshall Plan for Moms (with Reshma Saujani)
Millions of Americans lost their jobs because of the pandemic. While men have returned to their pre-pandemic level of employment, a million women are still missing from the workforce. Without access t...
21 Juni 202242min
The inequality of progress (with Oded Galor)
What can the history of human progress teach us about modern inequality? In his new book, ‘The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality,’ economist Oded Galor explores that question, ...
14 Juni 202235min
How thinking like economists holds us back (with Elizabeth Popp Berman)
When it comes to crafting economic policy, cost-effectiveness, efficiency, choice, and competition have reigned supreme among policymakers for decades. Sociologist Elizabeth Popp Berman says that this...
7 Juni 202233min
