Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
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 gets what and why. Turns out, everything you learned about economics is wrong. And if we don’t do something about rising inequality, the pitchforks are coming.
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Ask Nick Anything
28 min
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Fiscal policy can help save the environment (wi...
41 min
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Why billionaires are paying no taxes (LIVE from...
22 min
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We all do better when we all do better (with JP...
31 min
5
Summer Reading List!
28 min
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Post-pandemic booms (with Callum Williams)
38 min
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Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol is a trickle-down clown
33 min
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Inequality is bad for everyone (with Djaffar Sh...
38 min
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How U.S. policy was designed to suppress wages ...
38 min
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It’s not a labor shortage, it’s a wage shortage...
30 min
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Your non-compete clause is probably illegal (wi...
43 min
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Why we need a mission-driven economy (with Mari...
39 min
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Is the economy at a turning point? (with Anusar...
37 min
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Can businesses help repair society? (with Ben &...
37 min
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There’s no such thing as a race-neutral policy ...
23 min
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Diving into March’s giant jobs report (with Aus...
23 min
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Winning back our freedom from the market (with ...
40 min
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Andrew Yang interviews Nick!
42 min
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Atlas Hugged (with David Sloan Wilson)
36 min
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Can’t stop, won't stop, GameStop (with Congress...
33 min
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No, the relief bill won’t cause inflation (with...
47 min
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The idea for a National Investment Authority, e...
34 min
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The velocity of money (with Ann Pettifor)
41 min
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Re-post: Does the market pay you what you’re wo...
50 min
25
What’s the deal with the CBO report?
29 min
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Ask Nick Anything
38 min
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Repost: How to spot a bogus minimum wage study ...
46 min
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Do wealthy Americans have too much power? (with...
39 min
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Repost: Why raising the minimum wage doesn’t ra...
50 min
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How can Democrats win back rural America? (with...
30 min
31
The sounds of the new administration
12 min
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The economic challenges Biden faces (with Idree...
28 min
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The case for a True New Deal (with Bharat Ramam...
35 min
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How banking deregulation makes you unsafe (with...
38 min
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Tax me more, I’m rich (with Abigail Disney and ...
55 min
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Why should we cancel student debt? (with Fenaba...
35 min
37
Why conventional wisdom is finally pushing for ...
39 min
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Author Interview: Competition is Killing Us (wi...
29 min
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Restoring conservative economics (with Oren Cass)
44 min
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What would you do if you were benevolent dictator?
24 min
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Why do you do this work?
36 min
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What happens when unemployment benefits run out...
32 min
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Who is Ron Klain?
38 min
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The case for a millionaires tax (with Governor ...
28 min
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Election Day AMA Special (with Cristina Uribe)
38 min
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BONUS: The Haunting of Buchanan Manor
12 min
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The real looting in America (with Robert Reich)
31 min
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The pro-business case for reimagining capitalis...
30 min
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Author Interview: How to rebuild the middle cla...
23 min
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Ask Nick Anything
35 min
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The future of health care (with Abdul El-Sayed)
30 min
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The powerlessness of forced labor (with Suresh ...
30 min
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Inequality is costing workers $50 trillion (wit...
35 min
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Redefining rural America (with Olugbenga Ajilore)
37 min
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Coercion in the workplace (with Elizabeth Ander...
40 min
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Winning on growth (with Michael Linden)
24 min
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Author Interview: Money, Democracy, and the Lif...
38 min
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A long walk off a short economic cliff (with Tr...
29 min
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You can’t starve your way out of a recession (w...
27 min
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Care work is more valuable than ever (with Kate...
31 min
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It’s time to stop relying on crisis legislation...
33 min
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2020 Election AMA (with Cristina Uribe)
34 min
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BONUS: Nancy MacLean - Unedited Conversation
37 min
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How the radical right weaponized ideology (with...
38 min
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How Econ 101 upholds racist systems (with Joell...
32 min
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There’s no herd immunity to greed (with Thomas ...
31 min
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Debunking deficit myths (with Stephanie Kelton)
42 min
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People are basically good (with Rutger Bregman)
34 min
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Vaccine development needs new incentives (with ...
26 min
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Re-imagining public safety (with King County Co...
30 min
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Podcast Blackout
9 min
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Why Wall Street gets a bailout and you don’t (w...
32 min
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Why the market fails in a crisis (with Joseph S...
41 min
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Author Interview: Inside the Secret War on Voti...
22 min
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Inequality and coronavirus (with Heather Boushe...
44 min
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Austerity will make this recession worse (with ...
38 min
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Labor regulations in the gaming industry (with ...
26 min
78
Leadership failure made the U.S. pandemic worse...
37 min
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What’s happening in professional sports right n...
35 min
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What’s changed since the 1918 pandemic? (A hist...
20 min
81
Understanding the CARES Act (with Heidi Shierholz)
39 min
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AMA: COVID-19 and the Economy
27 min
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Killing zombie ideas (with Paul Krugman)
43 min
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Disaster Economics
32 min
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The federal budget is a theory of growth (with ...
32 min
86
Welcome to the golden age of white collar crime...
34 min
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The emerging economic problems of the next deca...
36 min
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From generosity to justice (with Darren Walker)
36 min
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Paul’s Book Review: Democracy in Chains
5 min
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Debunking economics (with Steve Keen)
36 min
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BONUS: Class warfare in Finland (a history less...
21 min
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Re-imagining capitalism (with Anu Partanen and ...
46 min
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Voicemails with Goldy
13 min
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The hidden costs of banking while poor (with Me...
57 min
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How neoliberalism captured Democrats (with Jame...
47 min
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Paul’s Book Review: Neighborhood Defenders
4 min
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Corporate parasites: how taxpayers subsidize pr...
57 min
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Ask Nick Anything (Part 2)
25 min
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Naomi Klein - Unedited Interview
35 min
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How big pharma keeps drug prices high (with Pri...
51 min