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Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
We are living through a paradigm shift from trickle-down neoliberalism to middle-out economics — a new understanding of who gets what and why. Join zillionaire class-traitor Nick Hanauer and some of the world’s leading economic and political thinkers as they explore the latest thinking on how the economy actually works.
Episodes
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers (with Mark Blyth)
Political economist Mark Blyth joins Nick and Goldy to unpack the myths and realities of rising prices, from pandemic supply shocks and corporate profiteering…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Back to Basics Series: Homo Economicus Must Die (with Samuel Bowles)
What if the relentless drive to maximize personal gain isn't human nature, but just a flawed model we built? In this Back-to-Basics episode, behavioral…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Back to Basics Series: Is the American Dream a Lie? (with Christian Cooper and Khiara Bridges)
The promise of the American Dream—work hard, play by the rules, and you’ll get ahead—is unraveling before our eyes. In this Back-to-Basics episode, Christian…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Back to Basics Series: How Monopolies Feed Plutocracy (with Matt Stoller)
When a few giants dominate the economy, democracy is the first to go. In this back-to-basics episode, author and anti-monopoly expert Matt Stoller unpacks how…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Back to Basics Series: Does the Market Really Pay You What You’re Worth? (with Marshall Steinbaum and Saru Jayaraman)
We’ve all heard the story: In a fair market, workers are paid exactly what they’re worth. Economists even have a name for it—marginal productivity theory. It’s…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Back to Basics Series: The Velocity of Money (with Ann Pettifor)
If you’ve ever wondered why the economy feels stuck, even when it seems like there's a lot more money in the system, this episode will blow your mind…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Back to Basics Series: Is Economics Moral? (with Heather McGhee)
For decades, orthodox economics has treated morality as irrelevant—as if economic decisions happen in a vacuum, separate from our values and social bonds. But…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Back to Basics Series: Where does economic growth really come from? (with W. Brian Arthur and Cesar Hidalgo)
Is economic growth just about money, trade, and GDP? Or is something deeper at play? In this episode, economist W. Brian Arthur and physicist Cesar Hidalgo…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Back to Basics Series: Is Econ 101 a Lie? (with Eric Beinhocker and James Kwak)
Trickle-downers love to pretend that "Econ 101" is a convincing argument against policies like the minimum wage that invest in working Americans. But the truth…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Back to Basics Series: What the hell are they talking about? Econ terms explained! (with Nick and Goldy)
Ever find yourself halfway through a Pitchfork Economics episode thinking, “Wait… what’s a monopsony?” You’re not alone. In this listener-favorite episode…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Back to Basics Series: Why do we call it Pitchfork Economics? (with Ganesh Sitaraman & Walter Scheidel)
In 2014, Nick Hanauer sounded the alarm: if economic inequality kept growing, the pitchforks would come—for him, and for the rest of America’s wealthy elite…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
The Truth About Immigration and the American Worker (with Rogé Karma)
Conventional wisdom says immigration drives down wages and takes jobs from American workers. But what if that story is fueled by bad economics? Journalist Rogé…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
America Adrift: Inequality, Power, and the Fight to Fix It (with Scott Galloway)
With inequality rising, housing out of reach, and young Americans falling further behind, some argue the American Dream is dead. But NYU professor Scott…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
From Reagan to Reality: The Case Against Tax Cuts for the Rich (with Bruce Bartlett)
As Republicans work at break-neck speed to push another round of massive tax cuts for the wealthy, we thought it would be a good idea to revisit our 2019…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Why Gutting SNAP Makes the Economy Worse for Everyone (with Lily Roberts)
The GOP’s new tax bill isn’t just a massive giveaway to the rich—it’s an all-out assault on SNAP, one of the most effective anti-poverty programs in the U.S…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Good Company: Ending the Era of Shareholder Supremacy (with Lenore Palladino)
What makes a company good—and who gets to decide? Economist Lenore Palladino joins Nick and Goldy to dismantle the myth of shareholder primacy and explain how…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
The Empire Strikes Back—With More Billionaire Tax Breaks (with Samantha Jacoby)
With Trump’s second major tax bill clearing committee and heading to the House floor—packed, as promised, with massive giveaways to the ultra-wealthy—we’re…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Greedflation 2.0: How Tariffs Could Become an Excuse for Corporate Price Gouging (with Hal Singer)
During COVID, corporations blamed supply chain shocks for rising prices while quietly raising prices higher than costs, thereby boosting their profits to…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Why Democracy Needs a New Operating System (with K. Sabeel Rahman)
Decades of trickle-down thinking hollowed out our government—and now the anti-democracy crowd is finishing the job. This week, legal scholar and former Biden…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Democracy in Chains (with Nancy MacLean)
This week, we’re revisiting a critical conversation we had back in 2020 with author and historian Nancy MacLean, in which she exposes how today’s threats to…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
The Abundance Doctrine (with Mike Konczal)
What does “abundance” actually mean—and who is it really for? In this episode, Goldy and Paul welcome back economic policy expert Mike Konczal to unpack the…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress—and How to Bring It Back (with Marc Dunkelman)
Why does it feel like we can’t build anything anymore? In this episode, Nick and Goldy talk with author Mark Dunkelman about his new book Why Nothing Works…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Live From DC: Turning Middle-Out Economics into Good Politics
Timid tweaks won’t fix a broken economy. From Nick Hanauer’s blunt critique of Democratic incrementalism to a candid conversation with Representatives Ro…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
America Needs an Economic Bill of Rights (with Mark Paul)
Trickle-downers want you to believe that in America, freedom is a narrow idea—freedom from taxes, from regulation, from government itself. But what good is…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
The Middle-Out Moment Is Still Here
Twelve months ago, Democracy Journal announced we were entering the "Middle-Out Moment." A year later—after a brutal election and rising uncertainty—the…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Why Working-Class Voters Are Turning Away from the Democratic Party (with Lainey Newman)
For decades, unions were more than just labor organizations—they were community anchors that shaped working-class identity and political loyalty. But what…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Wall Street’s War on Workers (with Les Leopold)
Mass layoffs have become a routine corporate strategy—not because companies are struggling, but because Wall Street demands it. In Wall Street’s War on…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Breaking Up Big Econ (with David Deming)
A small group of elite universities holds an outsized influence over the field of economics, shaping research, policy, and the broader economic narrative. But…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich off America’s Poor (with Anne Kim)
The U.S. spends billions on programs designed to fight poverty, but it appears that much of that money is actually making corporations richer instead of…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Why the Economy Feels Rigged—and How to Fix It (with Senator Chris Murphy)
This week, Senator Chris Murphy joins Nick and Goldy to discuss the political failure of neoliberalism and what comes next for the Democratic Party. For…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
The Gilded Age of White Collar Crime (with Michael Hobbes)
Only a few weeks into his second term, Donald Trump and his billionaire buddies are doing their best to dismantle the federal government's regulatory agencies…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
How America Ceased to Be the Land of Opportunity (with Yoni Appelbaum)
This week, Nick and Goldy are joined by journalist and historian Yoni Appelbaum to discuss his forthcoming book, Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
The Rise of the Billionaire Oligarchy (with Thom Hartmann)
With billionaires pouring unprecedented sums of money into politics, corporate interests shaping policy, and the revelation that Trump has appointed a record…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
How Mexico’s Post-Neoliberal Policies Offer a Blueprint for U.S. Democrats (with Kurt Hackbarth)
This week, Paul and Goldy sit down with journalist Kurt Hackbarth to discuss the recent electoral success of Mexico's Morena party and their progressive…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order (with Gary Gerstle)
This week, Nick and Goldy sit down with historian Gary Gerstle, author of The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order, for an in-depth exploration of…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Revisiting Trickle-Down's Stubborn Refusal to Die (with Mark Blyth)
With a second Trump administration on the horizon, we’re bracing for a return to the same failed trickle-down policies that have dominated our politics for 50…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
How AI Could Help Rebuild The Middle Class (with David Autor)
This week, Nick and Goldy discuss the future of AI and its potential impact on labor markets and society with MIT professor and economist David Autor. While…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Is America’s Healthcare System Having Its Own Pitchforks Moment? (with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed)
This week, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed joins Nick and Goldy to discuss how the recent assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson has thrown a harsh spotlight…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
The Middle-Out President (with President Joe Biden)
This week, Nick and Goldy interview a Pitchfork Economics first: a sitting President of the United States. President Joe Biden joins the podcast for a…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
The Market Alone Can’t Fix the U.S. Housing Crisis (with Brian Callaci & Sandeep Vaheesan)
This week, Nick and Goldy explore why the market alone can’t solve the U.S. housing crisis with Sandeep Vaheesan and Brian Callaci from the Open Markets…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Homelessness is a Housing Problem (with Gregg Colburn)
This week, Gregg Colburn, co-author of "Homelessness is a Housing Problem," joins Nick and Goldy to dissect the complex factors fueling America’s homelessness…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Scaling Affordability and Breaking the Stigma: Local Innovations in Public Housing (with Rachel Cohen)
This week, Nick and Goldy discuss the concept of social housing with Vox Policy Correspondent Rachel Cohen. They explore how local government investments in…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
How Big Oil Rigged the System and Stuck You With the Bill (with Faiz Shakir)
This week, Nick And Goldy are joined by Faiz Shakir, Executive Director of A More Perfect Union, to discuss the shocking revelation of an international oil…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
The Guarantee (with Natalie Foster)
This week, Natalie Foster, co-founder of the Economic Security Project, joins Nick and Goldy to discuss her book The Guarantee: Inside the Fight for America's…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Revisiting How to Stand Up for Voting Rights (with Andrea Hailey)
Voting is the cornerstone of a functioning democracy, yet access to the ballot is increasingly under threat in America. No matter who wins the Presidential…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Project 2025 is All Trick, No Treat (with Peggy Bailey)
As Election Day approaches, Peggy Bailey from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities joins Paul and Goldy to discuss the devastating potential effects of…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Acemoglu on Automation: The Nobel Laureate Vs. the Robots (with Daron Acemoglu)
Since Daron Acemoglu just won the 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences alongside MIT Sloan professor Simon Johnson and University of Chicago…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Stop the Steal: Revisiting Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America (with Brendan Ballou)
Private equity is looting America by exploiting vulnerable companies and extracting profits at the expense of workers, communities, and the broader economy…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Sometimes You Just Have to Ignore the Economists (with Zephyr Teachout)
This week, Nick and Goldy are joined by Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout, who explains the urgent need for federal action on corporate price-gouging…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Coming of Age in American Poverty (with Nikhil Goyal)
This week, Nick and Goldy welcome sociologist Nikhil Goyal to discuss his new book, Live to See the Day: Coming of Age in American Poverty, which highlights…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Why do you continue to do this work?
It’s our 300th episode! To mark this milestone, we’ve gathered some of the most thoughtful and inspiring answers to one of our favorite questions: Why do you…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Economics Needs More Socioeconomic Diversity (with Anna Stansbury)
This week, Nick and Goldy are joined by MIT economist Anna Stansbury to discuss the troubling lack of socioeconomic diversity within the economics profession…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Capitalism and Crises (with Colin Mayer)
This week, Nick and Goldy talk to esteemed economist Colin Mayer, author of the book Capitalism and Crises: How to Fix Them, to explore the deep-seated issues…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Kamala Harris and the New Democratic Economic Paradigm
In the wake of the Democratic National Convention, Nick and Goldy take a close look at how middle-out economics has become the new center of the Democratic…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Revisiting the Legacy of the Fight for $15 (with Yannet Lathrop and Dr. T. William Lester)
Over ten years ago, activists and civic leaders ignited the Fight for $15, a movement that was once seen as radical—even Forbes labeled Nick's support for a…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism (with Martin Wolf)
Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, joins Nick and Goldy to discuss his new book, "The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism." They…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
How the Anti-Tax Movement Hijacked America (with Michael Graetz)
This week, Nick and Goldy are joined by Michael Graetz to discuss his new book, "The Power to Destroy: How the Anti-Tax Movement Hijacked America.” Graetz…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
2024 Summer Reading List
It’s Paul and Goldy’s summer reading list! In this week’s special episode, Civic Ventures Senior Fellow David “Goldy” Goldstein and Civic Ventures Writer Paul…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
How Outsized Corporate Profits Raised Prices (with Lindsay Owens)
This week, Nick and Goldy are joined by Lindsay Owens, Executive Director of the Groundwork Collaborative, to discuss Groundwork’s recent reports on corporate…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Connecting the dots on Biden's middle-out economic policies (with Heather Boushey)
This week Nick & Goldy are joined by Heather Boushey, Chief Economist for President Biden's Invest in America Cabinet, for a deep dive into the transformative…