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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
Killing zombie ideas (with Paul Krugman)
In his latest book, Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman argues that economics has been eaten from within by bad assumptions…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Disaster Economics
As the world shelters in place from the coronavirus pandemic, an economic crisis is growing. This week, Nick and Goldy pull the curtain back on why…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
The federal budget is a theory of growth (with Bob Greenstein)
A budget is a moral document that reflects what we value and prioritize. But to most people, the budget-making process is convoluted and confusing. Budget…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Welcome to the golden age of white collar crime (with Michael Hobbes)
Why is right now the easiest time in modern history for the wealthy to get away with whatever they want? HuffPost reporter and fellow Seattleite Michael Hobbes…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
The emerging economic problems of the next decade (with futurist Kevin Kelly)
Pretend every economic problem we’ve ever discussed on this podcast has magically been solved. What’s next? What are the economic problems that we’ll face a…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
From generosity to justice (with Darren Walker)
You can’t talk about philanthropy without mentioning Darren Walker. As the president of the Ford Foundation, Walker has been charged with reimagining one of…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Paul’s Book Review: Democracy in Chains
Democracy in Chains is required reading around the Civic Ventures office, and Paul is happy to explain why it’s earned must-read status. Listen, be convinced…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Debunking economics (with Steve Keen)
We’re continuing the conversation about reimagining capitalism this week with Professor Steve Keen, one of the biggest names in alternative economics. What…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
BONUS: Class warfare in Finland (a history lesson with Tuomas Tepora)
On Tuesday’s episode, Anu Partanen mentioned the Finnish civil war, which divided the country between elite land-owners and the working class. That’s right up…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Re-imagining capitalism (with Anu Partanen and Trevor Corson)
Contrary to popular belief, Nordic countries aren’t actually socialist! No, friends, the Nords are capitalists—but they pull it off much better than we do. To…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Voicemails with Goldy
Goldy’s in the studio today answering your questions! Up for debate this time: What’s the line between needing to budget more and just not making enough money?…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
The hidden costs of banking while poor (with Mehrsa Baradaran and Cate Blackford)
The average family earning $25,000 a year in the U.S. spends about $2,400 on financial transactions. Whether it’s the astronomical interest rates of a payday…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
How neoliberalism captured Democrats (with James Kwak)
Democrats used to be known as the party of the working people—so how did they get so off track? Who took over the party, and why? Author and professor James…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Paul’s Book Review: Neighborhood Defenders
You’re probably aware of the term ‘NIMBY’, which refers to the folks who show up at their neighborhood meetings to fight development. The ‘Not In My Backyard’…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Corporate parasites: how taxpayers subsidize profits (with Rana Foroohar and David Dayen)
Every company you can think of has benefitted from a public investment. Whether it’s direct handouts through the tax code, government research efforts, or…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Ask Nick Anything (Part 2)
Up this week in listener questions: How much should you tip when you’re using a company credit card? What’s the difference between democratic socialism and the…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Naomi Klein - Unedited Interview
This fall, Naomi Klein joined the show to warn that economic orthodoxy may be the downfall of significant efforts against climate change like the Green New…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
How big pharma keeps drug prices high (with Priti Krishtel and John Arnold)
The American pharmaceutical industry is rigged to make a handful people fabulously wealthy while everyone else gets screwed over. Because of intricate patent…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Ask Nick Anything (Part 1)
Nick and Goldy are back to answer more of your voicemails! They’re tackling questions about housing, what our economic theory is actually called, portable…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Paul’s Book Review: Weapons of Math Destruction
Our resident book nerd Paul Constant is back with another book recommendation. This week, it’s ‘Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
What’s the trick in trickle-down? (with Yuval Noah Harari and Molly Crockett)
What is the “trick” in “trickle down” economics? It’s how wealthy elites and their neoliberal lackeys convince you that what’s good for them (tax cuts…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
The pitchforks are here (with Cesar Hidalgo)
In nations around the world, people are protesting economic inequality and taking to the streets in political frustration. We said it here first: The…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Does media have an economics problem? (with Charles Mudede)
Earlier this week, we examined whether journalists live up to their responsibility to discuss economic issues fairly and intelligently. Here, we continue that…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Does economics have a media problem? (with Matt Gertz)
Most people understand the economy through the news—how it’s doing, what the new laws are, and what experts predict for the future. For better or for worse…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
How monopolies feed plutocracy (with Matt Stoller)
In his new book ‘Goliath’, author Matt Stoller explains how the 2016 election heralded the return of authoritarianism and populism to American politics, due…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
BONUS: George Monbiot - Unedited Conversation
George Monbiot joined us on our ‘How neoliberalism happened’ episode last month. Enjoy our full, unedited conversation with him! George Monbiot writes a weekly…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
How to make the rich pay their taxes (with Gabriel Zucman)
Tax rates on the wealthy have steadily eroded in the United States over the last forty years, leaving us with an upside-down tax code that benefits the rich…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Economic woman (with Katrine Marçal, Lisa D. Cook, and Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman)
We’ve heard all about economic man, but what happened to economic woman? Women are noticeably absent in theoretical economic models and—perhaps not so…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Listener voicemails! (with Nick and Goldy)
It’s three answers to three voicemails! Nick and Goldy field questions about self-interest in Congress, CEO accountability to shareholders, and if inflation is…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Is economic orthodoxy evolving? (with Luigi Zingales)
‘Chicago School’ is a descriptor often used to signify conventional economic thinking. This week, our friend Luigi Zingales, a finance professor at the Chicago…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Can we hold big corporations to higher standards? (with Mayor Dave Bieter and E.J. Dionne)
Nick pitches a big idea to the mayor of Boise and political commentator E. J. Dionne: a suite of progressive labor standards that would hold large employers to…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: Trickle-Down or Treat
We asked our guests and listeners: what’s the spookiest, sneakiest, and scariest trickle-down trick? Find out what’s making Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Tax me more, I’m rich (with Abigail Disney and Chye-Ching Huang)
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…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
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…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
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…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
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…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
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…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
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…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
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…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
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…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
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…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Paul’s Book Review #2: Janesville, An American Story
Everyone’s favorite human library, Paul Constant, is back with a review of ‘Janesville, An American Story’ by Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Amy Goldstein…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Behind the scenes of Nick’s new TED Talk: The dirty secret of capitalism—and a new way forward
In July, Nick took the stage at TEDSummit in Edinburgh, Scotland to make the case for a new economics that recognizes people, not capital, as the driver of…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Does the market really pay you what you’re worth? (with Marshall Steinbaum and Saru Jayaraman)
The theory of marginal product of labor says that every worker is paid exactly what they’re worth—the value that their labor generates. Employers cite marginal…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
BONUS: Voicemails with Nick and Goldy
It’s that time again—Nick and Goldy are answering your messages. This week, Dale from Washington D.C. wonders if rent control is a symptom of low wages or a…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
How to spot a bogus minimum wage study (with Ben Zipperer)
Not all minimum-wage studies are equal. Some of the most headline-grabbing negative reports on the effects of the minimum wage were commissioned and promoted…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Does the future of work include a Federal Jobs Guarantee? (with Pavlina Tcherneva and Representative Ro Khanna)
Under a Federal Jobs Guarantee, rather than distributing unemployment checks, the government would give a living-wage job to everyone that needs one. It’s a…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Paul’s Book Review: Listen, Liberal
We love books here at Civic Ventures, and writer, book reviewer, and former bookseller Paul Constant is the first person on the team that we go to for…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
A skeptic's guide to Universal Basic Income (with Scott Santens and Sukhi Samra)
You can’t throw a rock without hitting a wandering conversation about Universal Basic Income these days—but in our office, we’re still skeptical. For the first…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Shared security, shared growth: a social contract for the 21st century (with Senator Mark Warner and Abby Solomon)
There are nearly 60 million gig economy workers in the U.S. workforce, yet benefits like health care, retirement, and paid leave are still tied to traditional…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Educationism (with Diane Ravitch)
Like many rich Americans, Nick used to think that focusing their philanthropic efforts in the country’s education system could heal many of our biggest…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
The robots are coming… what now? (with Heidi Shierholz and Daron Acemoglu)
With every technological advancement since the dawn of time, conventional wisdom has warned that technology and automation kills jobs. But robots aren’t the…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
BONUS: What to listen for in the second round of presidential debates
The second round of presidential debates are quickly approaching. The debates move fast, and we know there’s a lot to sift through—so allow us to make it…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Health Care Part 2: One nation, with liberty and health care for all (with Sanders for President Campaign Co-Chair Nina Turner)
Medicare for All is the most ambitious health care proposal on the table right now, and the Bernie Sanders campaign is ground zero for making it a reality. In…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
BONUS: Don't Pass Go—without learning more about monopolies (with Barry Lynn)
We’re revisiting a timeless topic: monopolies! Expert Barry Lynn shares his thoughts on market concentration, the dangers of industrial monopolies like Boeing…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Health Care Part 1: Everyone does it better than us (with T. R. Reid)
When it comes to health care, every country in the world is running their own version of the same experiment—and the results vary widely in terms of cost and…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
The decline of worker power (with David Rolf and Larry Mishel)
Not so long ago, economic growth was shared widely among Americans thanks to a suite of policies that boosted the bargaining power of workers. In recent years…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Our full conversation with Governor Jay Inslee
In March of this year, Washington state Governor Jay Inslee announced he is running for president on a platform of combating climate change. He has already…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
A roadmap to utopia (with Rutger Bregman)
Rutger Bregman, who The Guardian has called “the Dutch wunderkind of new ideas”, joins us this week to daydream a better future. Bregman won international fame…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Picking up where Darwin left off (LIVE with David Sloan Wilson)
Classical economics argues that the economy is an equilibrium system—that for every winner there must be a loser. In this episode, author and professor David…