What convinces people to act in the interest of others? (with Margaret Levi)
What does it take for someone to act in the interest of others? What constitutes trust in general, and trust in government in particular? Margaret Levi, a professor of political and behavioral science...
14 Sep 202144min
How Covid shook the world’s economy (with Adam Tooze)
There have been far more lethal pandemics than Covid-19, but the scale of our response to Covid-19 is dramatically new. For the first time in human history, our civilization made a collective decision...
7 Sep 202150min
Why is getting out of poverty so hard? (with Felicia Wong)
Roosevelt Institute President Felicia Wong and writer Hanna Brooks Olsen join Nick and Goldy to explore how the intense burdens of poverty make it nearly impossible to even think about climbing the ec...
31 Aug 202140min
Why is the child tax credit good economic policy? (with Wendy Bach)
Everything you need to know about what the expanded child tax credit actually is, why it’s good policy, and how it will impact people’s lives. Wendy Bach is a Professor of Law at the University of T...
24 Aug 202145min
How the credit market drives up housing prices (with Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman)
What’s the next generation of access to credit? Why are home prices and rents so out-of-whack with each other? And how can we approach the discord between what liberals say they want for their communi...
17 Aug 202133min
Ask Nick Anything, continued!
Is inflation bad? What’s the difference between a neoliberal and a conservative? If large corporations were held to higher labor standards than small employers, wouldn’t Walmart get all the talent? An...
10 Aug 202131min
Everything you need to know about the Frito-Lay Strike (with KS Rep Jason Probst)
Workers at a Frito-Lay factory in Topeka, Kansas made national headlines when they went on strike to protest dismal labor conditions including forced overtime and 84-hour workweeks. (Frito-Lay's paren...
3 Aug 202122min
Ask Nick Anything
Nick and Goldy answer your questions! If we had progressive taxation, would we still need means testing? Can we send ultra-rich people away to their own economy? What are the best economic indicators ...
27 Juli 202128min
