Will bad economics kill the Green New Deal? (with Naomi Klein and J.W. Mason)
The only thing holding us back from big, bold, progressive change is ourselves. When critics wonder if we can afford to pay for the Green New Deal, they couch their concerns in the language of neolibe...
22 Okt 201959min
Paul’s Book Review: Kochland
Be still, our hearts—it’s another book review, straight from the glittering literary mind of Paul Constant. This week, Paul recommends the New York Times Bestseller ‘Kochland’ by Christopher Leonard, ...
18 Okt 20194min
The trade-offs of global trade (with Dean Baker and Port Commissioner Ryan Calkins)
In the 1990s and early 2000s, free trade was considered an unalloyed good. But now, policymakers and economists agree that global trade creates winners and losers—and they acknowledge that we've never...
15 Okt 201941min
How neoliberalism happened (with George Monbiot and Binyamin Appelbaum)
It’s trendy to mock the malicious pervasiveness of neoliberalism now, but have you ever wondered what its origins are? This week, George Monbiot and Binyamin Appelbaum join the show to uncover just wh...
8 Okt 201959min
BONUS: Rewriting the rules for an inclusive economy (with Darrick Hamilton)
As we reimagine the rules of our political and economic institutions, it is essential that racial justice be centered in the conversation. Darrick Hamilton explains how neoliberalism exploits existing...
4 Okt 201915min
Why philanthropy can’t undo this mess (with Anand Giridharadas)
Few books have shaken the philanthropy world more than ‘Winners Take All’, Anand Giridharadas’s blistering critique of wealthy do-gooders. Global elites who ostentatiously give away hundreds of millio...
1 Okt 201954min
BONUS: Saru Jayaraman - Unedited Conversation
Food labor expert Saru Jayaraman joined us earlier this month to expose the lie of marginal productivity, and to reveal how it’s used to take advantage of workers. For the sake of time, we cut a fasci...
27 Sep 201928min
Author Interview: Chris Arnade
In an effort to rethink the conversation around poverty, author Chris Arnade’s new book, ‘Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America’, pushes aside decades of academic detachment, instead encouragin...
24 Sep 201931min
