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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How the franchise system is rigged (with Marsha...
43 min
27
Americonned (with Sean Claffey and Dave Pederson)
35 min
28
Can the economy be liberated? (with Jeremie Greer)
36 min
29
Higher minimum wages are creating more jobs (wi...
38 min
30
Do we need an Economic Bill of Rights? (with Ma...
37 min
31
The case for inclusive growth (with JP Julien)
32 min
32
Can economics save the world? (with Erik Angner)
43 min
33
How college broke the American dream (with Will...
42 min
34
Econ 101 is failing college students (with Abig...
32 min
35
How rich people dodge taxes (with Gabriel Zucman)
45 min
36
Banning noncompetes is good, actually (with Eva...
33 min
37
How we all fell for The Big Myth (with Naomi Or...
41 min
38
Slouching towards economic utopia (with Brad De...
42 min
39
The problem with unequal cities (with Richard M...
39 min
40
The high price of misclassification (with Heidi...
35 min
41
Why Walmart workers are still broke (with Rick ...
35 min
42
Why stock buybacks should be taxed more (with C...
33 min
43
How Biden is restoring economic competition (wi...
43 min
44
Why canceling student debt makes great economic...
35 min
45
The many benefits of a guaranteed job program (...
38 min
46
The legacy of the Fight for $15 (with NELP)
48 min
47
Sci-Fi Economics (with Kim Stanley Robinson)
52 min
48
The real reasons why inflation soared last year...
38 min
49
New Year, New AMA
42 min
50
Revisiting the economics of abortion (with Cait...
38 min