Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

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Any society that allows itself to become radically unequal eventually collapses into an uprising or a police state—or both. Join venture capitalist Nick Hanauer and some of the world’s leading economic and political thinkers in an exploration of who ...Show More

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Senator Cory Booker explains: what the hell is a stock buyback?

34:08 | Feb 26th

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Senator Cory Booker explains the problem with stock buybacks, walks us through his Workers Dividend Act, and offers Goldy some much-needed counseling. Cory Booker is the U.S. Senator from New Jersey and a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Twitt...Show More

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: Trickle-Down or Treat

16:35 | Oct 31st

We asked our guests and listeners: what’s the spookiest, sneakiest, and scariest trickle-down trick? Find out what’s making Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Professor Stephanie Kelton, author Matt Stoller, and more good witches and wizards quake in the...Show More

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Tax me more, I’m rich (with Abigail Disney and Chye-Ching Huang)

56:15 | Oct 29th

Trickle-down economics would have you believe that the rich are job creators—the more money they have to invest in creating jobs, the better the economy is for everybody. This lie has had catastrophic effects: the top 0.1% of Americans now own more w...Show More

Will bad economics kill the Green New Deal? (with Naomi Klein and J.W. Mason)

1:01:32 | Oct 22nd

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 neoliberal economics: they say that investing in the midd...Show More

Paul’s Book Review: Kochland

05:19 | Oct 18th

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, a deeply reported investigation of Koch Industries...Show More