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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.
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- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Update: Whatever happened to overtime? (with Sharon Block and Chris Lu)
This episode was first released in March, but so much has happened since then in the world of overtime that we thought we’d repost this episode with a new…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
BONUS: Strategies for building a robust and equitable recovery from the next recession (with Connie Razza)
Zach speaks with Connie Razza, the author of ‘Break glass in case of emergency’, a strategy memo recently published by the Economic Policy Institute for…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Ask Nick Anything - Part 2 (with Trae Crowder)
We couldn’t contain our favorite listener voicemails in one Ask Nick Anything episode, so we made two! Why does the middle class pay an income tax? Are unions…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
BONUS: Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal - Unedited Conversation
Nick spoke with Congressmember Pramila Jayapal in December 2018 about the fight for a $15 minimum wage, what Representative Jayapal has changed his mind on…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Ask Nick Anything - Part 1 (with Trae Crowder)
You’ve been flooding Nick’s voicemail for months, and the time is finally here! Comedian Trae Crowder joins Nick to answer your questions in this freewheeling…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
BONUS: Why do we fight fires like it’s still 1969? (with Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz)
Washington state lost 440,000 acres in almost two thousand wildfires last year﹣a record high. Once the most beautiful month in Washington’s year, August is now…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Can rural America be saved?
It’s not just economic inequality, the gap between rich and poor people, that’s growing wider in America. Spatial inequality, the gap between rich and poor…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Homo economicus must die (with Samuel Bowles)
Homo economicus is the figurative human being used in economic modeling. But the term defines human nature as perfectly rational, perfectly logical, and always…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
BONUS: Tax the Rich! (with Tax March Executive Director Maura Quint)
Our friends at the Tax March, a national progressive tax awareness coalition, just launched a new campaign called “Tax the Rich” which urges every Democrat in…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
What are the economics of climate change? (with Governor Jay Inslee and Fadhel Kaboub)
All the economic and social policy that we discuss on this podcast won’t matter if we don’t address climate change. Governor Jay Inslee and Professor Fadhel…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
What is Modern Monetary Theory? (with Stephanie Kelton)
Is government debt real? Is anything real? Professor Stephanie Kelton gives Nick and Goldy a master class on the hottest idea in economics right now: Modern…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Should Democrats appeal to the center by moving hard left? (with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal)
For too long, pundits and politicians have talked about the political center as a perfect balance between conservatives and liberals. But this quest for some…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
BONUS: Senator Cory Booker - Unedited Conversation
We spoke to Senator Cory Booker about stock buybacks and his Workers Dividend Act in February. We hope you enjoy the full, unedited conversation! Cory Booker…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Why does the U.S. hate families? (with Anne-Marie Slaughter and Katie Hamm)
For all our talk about family values, the U.S. is actually the worst place to raise a family in the developed world. Anne-Marie Slaughter and Katie Hamm join…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Is economics moral? (with Heather McGhee)
We’ve established that trickle-down economics and neoliberalism are failed philosophies. But we haven’t yet explored whether economics should be moral - should…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
BONUS: Why the Green New Deal is good economics
You’ve definitely heard of the Green New Deal by now, right? Zach and Annie talk it up in this bonus episode and explain why the economic bill of rights…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
What's preventing pay equity? (with Julie Nelson and Claire Cain Miller)
In 2009, President Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law, thereby ensuring that women across the United States were finally paid the same as…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
BONUS: Alan Krueger - Unedited Conversation
We at Pitchfork Economics were saddened to learn of the passing of the brilliant economist Alan Krueger last weekend. We were fortunate to speak with him last…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Why is getting out of poverty so hard? (with Felicia Wong)
Here are two phrases that should be oxymorons, but aren’t: ‘working poor’ and ‘poverty-level jobs.’ Writer and anti-poverty advocate Hanna Brooks Olsen joins…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Whatever happened to overtime? (with Sharon Block and Chris Lu)
The overtime threshold used to be the minimum wage for the middle class—but where did it go? Labor experts Sharon Block and Chris Lu join Nick and Jasmin to…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
BONUS: Econ terms and definitions explained by Nick and Goldy
Ever been in the middle of a Pitchfork Economics pod ep and thought, “WTF are they talking about?” If so, this might help - we define some complex terms that…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
What can a board game teach us about capitalism? (with Jared Bernstein and Jonathan Tepper)
Monopoly and its equally evil twin monopsony are destroying competition, depressing wages, and slowing economic growth. Is market concentration an inevitable…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Senator Cory Booker explains: what the hell is a stock buyback?
Senator Cory Booker explains the problem with stock buybacks, walks us through his Workers Dividend Act, and offers Goldy some much-needed counseling. Cory…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
What is the purpose of a corporation? (with William Lazonick and Lenore Palladino)
Nick, Goldy, and their guests William Lazonick and Lenore Palladino explain why "shareholder value maximization" is the world's dumbest idea. William Lazonick…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
BONUS: Yuval Harari - Unedited Conversation
When we talked with historian Yuval Harari, the best-selling author of Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, the conversation was so…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Do higher wages kill jobs? (with Mayor Eric Garcetti and Alan Krueger)
Trickle-downers always argue that raising the minimum wage inevitably kills jobs. But the empirical evidence from Seattle, Los Angeles, and elsewhere prove…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Do regulations kill growth? (with Robert Reich)
Deregulation for the powerful is a central tenet of the trickle-down myth, embraced by Democrats and Republican alike. Government regulations, we’re told, are…
Pitchfork Economics with Nick HanauerBONUS: Why Howard Schultz would make a terrible president
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says he’s seriously considering running for President. Nick Hanauer, who knows Schultz, says that businesspeople often make…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Do tax cuts for rich people create growth? (with Bruce Bartlett)
Since forever, Republicans have insisted that cutting taxes on wealthy corporations and individuals would grow the economy, create jobs, and lift wages. But it…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Is the American Dream a lie? (with Christian Cooper and Khiara Bridges)
Is the American Dream dead? Is economic mobility a myth? The foundational promise of America is that anyone, if they work hard and play by the rules, can enjoy…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
BONUS: Marching orders for new legislators
As newly elected Democrats across the country enter their respective capitol buildings for the first time, Civic Ventures president Zach Silk and former…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Where does economic growth really come from? (with W. Brian Arthur and Cesar Hidalgo)
Is economic growth all about money, trade, and GDP, or are healthy economies built on a different foundation? In this episode, economist W. Brian Arthur and…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
How should we measure the economy? (with Diane Coyle)
Pop quiz: What does “GDP” stand for? And now, quickly: what the hell does “gross domestic product” even mean? It turns out, the way we measure the economy…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Whatever happened to the middle class? (with Heather Boushey and Matthew Stewart)
The American middle class is shrinking and, contrary to popular belief, globalization and automation are not to blame. Far from inevitable, skyrocketing…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
BONUS: Where's your $4,000 raise?
Civic Ventures president Zach Silk joins us for a quick explainer on how Republicans sold their trickle-down tax cuts as a great deal for the middle class—and…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
What is the trick in trickle down? (with Yuval 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
Is Econ 101 a lie? (with Eric Beinhocker and James Kwak)
What is “Econ 101,” and why do economists always get things wrong? In this episode we dismantle orthodox economics, exploring where it comes from, why it's…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Why do we call it pitchfork economics? (with Ganesh Sitaraman and Walter Scheidel)
In 2014, venture capitalist Nick Hanauer warned his fellow plutocrats that our growing crisis of economic inequality would lead to an uprising or a…
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Pitchfork Economics Teaser
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…