Parhaat Pitchfork Podcastit (2024)

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Project 2025 is All Trick, No Treat (with Peggy Bailey) 40:59

4d ago40:59

40:59

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 the House Republican agenda and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025. The proposals, supported by candidates who will be on your ballot this November, include a wholesale dismantling of fede…

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Acemoglu on Automation: The Nobel Laureate Vs. the Robots (with Daron Acemoglu) 53:54

11d ago53:54

53:54

Since Daron Acemoglu just won the 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences alongside MIT Sloan professor Simon Johnson and University of Chicago professor James Robinson, we’re revisiting this powerful episode featuring Acemoglu’s insights from 2023. In his groundbreaking book Power and Progress, Acemoglu exposes how the elite have weaponized…

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Stop the Steal: Revisiting Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America (with Brendan Ballou) 33:45

18d ago33:45

33:45

Private equity is looting America by exploiting vulnerable companies and extracting profits at the expense of workers, communities, and the broader economy. They've been buying up companies in every industry in the U.S. Economy and stripping them for parts. These massive firms have vast holdings across critical industries essential to the health an…

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Sometimes You Just Have to Ignore the Economists (with Zephyr Teachout) 43:06

25d ago43:06

43:06

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. Professor Teachout identifies misconceptions about price controls and highlights the failure of mainstream economists to recognize that price-gouging is a common practice, especially in light of …

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Coming of Age in American Poverty (with Nikhil Goyal) 38:50

1M ago38:50

38:50

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 the deep-rooted effects of generational poverty in America by focusing on the experiences of three young people in Kensington, Philadelphia. Their stories illustrate how systemic inequality and…

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Why do you continue to do this work? 32:01

1M ago32:01

32:01

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 do this work? Plus, Nick and Goldy share what keeps them in the fight for a better economy. We're deeply grateful for the wisdom of our incredible guests and, most of all, for YOU—our listener…

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Economics Needs More Socioeconomic Diversity (with Anna Stansbury) 37:37

2M ago37:37

37:37

This week, Nick and Goldy are joined by MIT economist Anna Stansbury to discuss the troubling lack of socioeconomic diversity within the economics profession. Stansbury discusses her research from a paper she co-authored with Robert Schultz titled “The Economics Profession’s Socioeconomic Diversity Problem”, which reveals that a strikingly low perc…

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Capitalism and Crises (with Colin Mayer) 38:36

2M ago38:36

38:36

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 plaguing modern capitalism, including rising inequality and environmental degradation. Mayer argues that the current profit-driven mindset of corporations often leads to societal harm, and he…

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Kamala Harris and the New Democratic Economic Paradigm 37:31

2M ago37:31

37:31

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 Party's economic policies, championing a new era of economic thinking that puts workers, families and taking on corporate power at the center, and breaking away from decades of top-down, trickle…

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Revisiting the Legacy of the Fight for $15 (with Yannet Lathrop and Dr. T. William Lester) 48:47

2M ago48:47

48:47

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 $15 minimum wage as “near-insane.” Today, the movement's achievements are undeniable: Higher wages for millions of workers, increased union membership, reducing the racial wealth gap, and now r…

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The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism (with Martin Wolf) 46:45

2M ago46:45

46:45

Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, joins Nick and Goldy to discuss his new book, "The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism." They explore the important-yet-fragile connection between capitalism and democracy, particularly in the context of rising inequality and political instability. Wolf articulates how the perceived succe…

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How the Anti-Tax Movement Hijacked America (with Michael Graetz) 52:56

3M ago52:56

52:56

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 asserts that while the anti-tax movement is often overlooked, it has shaped policy by intertwining with issues of race and economic ideology, diverging from Keynesian economics in favor of neolib…

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2024 Summer Reading List 32:46

3M ago32:46

32:46

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 Constant recommend some of the hottest new economic and political books for your beach reading pleasure. We want to know what you’re reading, too. Leave us a comment on Instagram, Twitter, Th…

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How Outsized Corporate Profits Raised Prices (with Lindsay Owens) 38:08

3M ago38:08

38:08

This week, Nick and Goldy are joined by Lindsay Owens, Executive Director of the Groundwork Collaborative, to discuss Groundwork’s recent reports on corporate profiteering and price gouging during and after the pandemic. Owens attributes the record increases in corporate profits in the last few years to growing corporate concentration and lack of c…

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Connecting the dots on Biden's middle-out economic policies (with Heather Boushey) 46:09

3M ago46:09

46:09

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 economic policies of the Biden administration. Boushey discusses the paradigm shift towards a middle-out economic approach to crafting economic policy and the impact of legislation like the A…

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The Road to Freedom (with Joseph Stiglitz) 48:05

4M ago48:05

48:05

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz joins Nick and Goldy to talk about his new book, "The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society.” Stiglitz challenges the orthodox economic theories that have shaped our understanding of capitalism and argues for a new approach called progressive capitalism. Stiglitz also discusses the flaws of ne…

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Making Sense of Chaos (with Doyne Farmer) 45:05

4M ago45:05

45:05

This week, Nick and Goldy talk to Doyne Farmer, a renowned physicist and mathematician, to discuss his new book, "Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World." Farmer, who is a professor at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, challenges traditional orthodox economic frameworks by applying complex systems theory. Their conversa…

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Project 2025 is All Trick, No Treat (with Peggy Bailey) 40:59

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Acemoglu on Automation: The Nobel Laureate Vs. the Robots (with Daron Acemoglu) 53:54

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Stop the Steal: Revisiting Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America (with Brendan Ballou) 33:45

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Sometimes You Just Have to Ignore the Economists (with Zephyr Teachout) 43:06

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Coming of Age in American Poverty (with Nikhil Goyal) 38:50

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Why do you continue to do this work? 32:01

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Economics Needs More Socioeconomic Diversity (with Anna Stansbury) 37:37

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Capitalism and Crises (with Colin Mayer) 38:36

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Kamala Harris and the New Democratic Economic Paradigm 37:31

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Revisiting the Legacy of the Fight for $15 (with Yannet Lathrop and Dr. T. William Lester) 48:47

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The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism (with Martin Wolf) 46:45

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How the Anti-Tax Movement Hijacked America (with Michael Graetz) 52:56

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2024 Summer Reading List 32:46

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How Outsized Corporate Profits Raised Prices (with Lindsay Owens) 38:08

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Connecting the dots on Biden's middle-out economic policies (with Heather Boushey) 46:09

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The Road to Freedom (with Joseph Stiglitz) 48:05

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Making Sense of Chaos (with Doyne Farmer) 45:05

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