464 Videos
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Re-Animating Economics
May 1, 2024
Economics can do better, and the change starts with you.
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Rekindling the Spirit of Innovation
Apr 24, 2024
What happened to the excitement of creativity?
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Unequal Cities
Apr 17, 2024
Overcoming Anti-Urban Bias to Reduce Inequality in the United States
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Can You Trust the Experts?
Apr 10, 2024
Transparency and ethics are critical.
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The Medicare Maze
Apr 3, 2024
Your health shouldn’t be someone else’s wealth.
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Hysteresis and the Economy
Mar 27, 2024
Do temporary economic shocks like the COVID-19 recession create lasting effects on the economy?
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The Hidden Traps in Auto Loans
Mar 13, 2024
How the dark side of consumer finance prioritizes profit over people.
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Work, Retire, Repeat
Mar 6, 2024
The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy
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Sanctions: To Russia with Love
Feb 28, 2024
James Galbraith flips the script on sanctions. How has Russia adapted?
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Navigating Economic Crises
Feb 21, 2024
How can we better prepare for financial downturns?
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Empowering Communities
Feb 14, 2024
Jo-Anne Rolle emphasizes the critical role of entrepreneurship and technology in revitalizing local economies and addressing societal issues.
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The Baby Formula
Feb 7, 2024
A fair start for every child? Let’s make it reality.
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A Paradigm Shift Towards Ecological Restoration
Jan 31, 2024
“We need to figure out new ways to relate to the earth.”
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Can Crypto Be Socially Valuable?
Jan 24, 2024
The Impact of Public Blockchains and Private Pools
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Busting the Bankers' Club
Jan 17, 2024
Finance for the Rest of Us
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How Stock Buybacks Fuel the Racial Wealth Gap
Jan 10, 2024
Lenore Palladino explains how stock buybacks drive inequality, and why we desperately need a policy shift.
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Barbara Bergman: Pioneering Feminist Economist & Advocate for Economic Diversity
Jan 3, 2024
Bergman’s groundbreaking work in the field of feminist economics challenged conventional economic theories and emphasized the significance of power, patriarchy, and social provisioning.
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The Ghost Budget
Dec 20, 2023
Paying for America’s Post 9/11 Wars
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The Economics of Abundance
Dec 13, 2023
In part 2 of our conversation with Professor Jessica Gordon Nembhard, she goes deeper into the power of cooperatives and their positive impacts on society and democracy.
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Quantifying Sexual Harassment
Nov 29, 2023
Giulia Zacchia focuses on the dynamics of power and gender in the labor market, revealing how sexual harassment not only impacts individual women but also perpetuates broader societal inequalities.
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Sympathy for Homo Economicus
Nov 22, 2023
Is self-interest the best way to organize society? If monetarism has taught us anything, the models aren’t at fault, it’s our application of them that’s flawed. Perhaps we just need to do a better job of letting markets guide us? Homo Economicus explains why greed is good.
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Visions of Inequality
Nov 15, 2023
Branko Milanovic takes us on a historical journey through the evolution of economic inequality in his latest book. Milanovic connects these foundational ideas to contemporary issues, revealing the intricate tapestry of economic, social, and political forces that drive inequality today.
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Intersectional Political Economy
Nov 8, 2023
Unpacking the relationship between exploitation and group identity, Folbre offers a nuanced perspective on societal structures, and the pressing need for cooperative strategies to address global crises. Her insights pave the way for a more equitable and sustainable future in this illuminating discussion on intersectionality, political economy, and social justice.
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Sellers Inflation
Oct 18, 2023
Is inflation just a number game or does it hold deeper societal implications?
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(Un)Learn Economics
Oct 4, 2023
The economists are not what they seem.
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Financial Hurdles in the Green Revolution
Sep 27, 2023
Can finance stop hindering and start helping the green transition?
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Empowering Women in Economics
Sep 20, 2023
Professor Rebeca Gomez Betancourt explores the transformative roles of pioneering women like Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Hazel Kyrk in the field of economics.
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The Lehman Disaster and Why It Matters Today
Sep 13, 2023
On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers, a giant investment bank with a storied history, filed for bankruptcy. The shock was profound; world markets melted down.
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Crime vs. Class
Sep 6, 2023
Unveiling the U.S. Prison System
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Economics Isn't Settled
Aug 30, 2023
Why is the History of Economic Thought important?
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The Economics of Childhood
Jul 19, 2023
If we can measure mobility, we can raise a better society.
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Background Is Not Destiny
Jul 12, 2023
Do we care about children, or do we just care about our own children?
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Dependency Theory & the Decolonization of Economics
Jul 5, 2023
Rethink global economics with Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven as she delves into the Eurocentric nature of the field and the role dependency theory could play in decolonizing it.
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Solidarity Economics
Jun 28, 2023
How do we transform societal structures and pave the way to economic democracy?
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Unmasking Inflation: Why the Conventional Wisdom is Failing Us
Jun 21, 2023
Dive into the complexity of inflation and its impacts from a heterodox perspective, exploring its historical journey, social implications, and potential remedies.
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The Debt Puzzle
Jun 7, 2023
How do governments accumulate such high levels of debt without constant major crises? Who is paying the price?
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Advice for a Changing World
May 31, 2023
Sandra Navidi shares some of the lessons from her books, and what can be done today for a better tomorrow.
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How Economists Cause Harm (Even as They Aspire to Do Good)
May 24, 2023
Why do economists avoid ethics, and over-simplify harm?
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How Kids Are Left Behind
May 10, 2023
What’s really causing inequality in opportunities and outcomes for kids?
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Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America
May 3, 2023
Brendan Ballou discusses the growing harmful role of private equity in the US, and his forthcoming book. Ballou is a federal prosecutor and served as Special Counsel for Private Equity in the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division.
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Do Economists Own Crypto?
Apr 19, 2023
OK, but why? This is the question we ask daily at INET. We sit down with experts from around the world to find out what they think, since sometimes it’s the simplest questions that have the most important answers.
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Basic Income: A Global History
Apr 5, 2023
Anton Jäger discusses his new book “Welfare for Markets: A Global History of Basic Income” co-authored with Daniel Zamora Vargas.
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Basic Income: Poverty v. Power
Apr 5, 2023
Daniel Zamora Vargas discusses his new book “Welfare for Markets: A Global History of Basic Income” co-authored with Anton Jäger.
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Underwriters of the United States
Mar 29, 2023
Hannah Farber discusses her book and explains how the insurance business and the United States discovered that they were good for one another.
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The Big Myth of Market Fundamentalism
Mar 22, 2023
Historians Naomi Oreskes (Harvard University) and Erik Conway (Caltech) talk to Rob about their just released book, The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market.
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The Global Role of the Dollar
Mar 8, 2023
INET Grantee & Academic Advisor Perry Mehrling talks about his new book “Money and Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger and the Dollar System”
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The End of Laissez-Faire?
Mar 1, 2023
Jamee Moudud discusses the circular relationship of law, politics, and economics.
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The Web
Feb 22, 2023
What is your first association when somebody talks to you about the economy?
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The Rise of Women in China
Feb 15, 2023
Melanie Xue shares insights from her research into the parallel history of women and the intelligentsia in Chinese society.
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The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism
Feb 10, 2023
Financial Times columnist Martin Wolf discusses his just-released book
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Unintended Consequences
Feb 8, 2023
The market can’t save us.
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The Myths of Venture Capital
Feb 1, 2023
Generosity or greed? The roots and fruits of venture capital might not be what you have been led to believe.
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Inequality Isn't Gender Neutral
Jan 25, 2023
If time is money, then why is it often ignored in relation to inequality and gender?
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Varieties of the Rat Race
Jan 11, 2023
Conspicuous Consumption in the US & Germany
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Training Thinkers
Dec 28, 2022
Will Milberg discusses the unique history of The New School for Social Research, and why its traditions are particularly relevant today.
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The Laws of Capitalism
Oct 26, 2022
All things can be coded as capital, with the right legal coding.
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The Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World
Oct 19, 2022
Has the solution to global tensions been waiting at home all along?
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A Creative Philosophy for Mathematical Economics
Oct 5, 2022
Interdisciplinarity is critical in pushing the humanities to better understand humans.
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Development, Climate Change & Capitalism
Sep 21, 2022
Ying Chen discusses her work to better understand development, labor and environmental impact in the Global South, focusing in particular on the realities of Chinese economic policy as it has evolved.
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Intellectual Property Is Broken
Aug 3, 2022
Why are we incentivizing wealth at the expense of health?
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Diversity Is Development
Jul 27, 2022
INET grantee Vamsi Vakulabharanam describes his work to gather parallel social threads—such as class, caste, gender and religion—to better understand the mechanisms of inequality in India, and why this can lead to better outcomes around the world.
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Economics Is Neglecting You
Jul 20, 2022
The conventional measures of economic well-being are dangerously limited, and we are seeing the resulting policy consequences play out daily.
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The World After Capital
Jul 6, 2022
We are in the midst of another global transformation, but this time we might have the tools to get it right.
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Fear and Loathing in Expertise
Jun 29, 2022
Expertise is broken. Trust is eroding. Enough is enough.
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Trading Fear for Hope
Jun 22, 2022
Frank McCourt discusses his work to reinspire hope in the American experiment, and to build the framework necessary for that better tomorrow.
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Peace is the Result of Diplomacy, Never of War
Jun 6, 2022
Columbia University’s renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs talks about the lessons he has learned from consulting with governments around the world, about how global problems, such as the war in Ukraine, will only be solved via efforts to understand the other side, never through force.
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The Search for the Soul of Business
Jun 1, 2022
Corporate responsibility needs to evolve if businesses are going to rebuild trust and provide real value for society.
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How to Unf★ck America
May 18, 2022
Over the last four decades, the US economy has done quite well for the top 1%, but it has been stagnant for most Americans. This was not an accident, nor the natural workings of the market and certainly not an inevitability. US policies have been deliberately structured since 1980 to redistribute income upwards. In other words, the system has been rigged.
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[ECO]NOMICS
May 18, 2022
Climate change is already here, and we are on a path towards catastrophic global warming. Governments have failed to curb carbon emissions, and fossil fuel production continues to increase. This is not merely a political failure; it is also a failure of economic analysis.
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Disentangling Economic Thinking
Apr 20, 2022
It’s not as simple as orthodox vs. heterodox.
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What's so Interesting About Interest?
Mar 30, 2022
Nobody likes to be in debt, but we owe even more to interest itself.
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Does Economics Understand China?
Mar 16, 2022
As a discipline rooted in exceptionalism and capitalist values, is economics capable of comprehending socialism?
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Coding Capital
Feb 23, 2022
This law is my law, this law is your law…
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You're Irrational and It's OK
Feb 16, 2022
Should the government regulate personal behavior, or are the irrational choices of people actually reasonable?
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Prosperity for All
Feb 2, 2022
How do we make economic development work for everyone?
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The Antidote to the Wall is the Bridge
Jan 31, 2022
Professor Glenn Hubbard, professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School, talks about his just-released book, “The Wall and the Bridge: Fear and Opportunity in Disruption’s Wake,” and how society and policymakers can help those who are left behind in the wake of today’s competitive world.
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Legal Evil
Jan 19, 2022
From feudal land rights to intellectual property in the modern era, lawyers have been battling over capital for centuries. Typically leveraging social resources to generate and protect private wealth.
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Our Own Worst Enemy
Dec 13, 2021
Tom Nichols, Professor of National Security Affairs, US Naval War College, columnist for USA Today, and contributing writer at The Atlantic, discusses his new book, Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault from within on Modern Democracy, and how a decline in civic virtue has generated a dangerous illiberalism.
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A Clash of Two Gilded Ages
Dec 6, 2021
Yuen Yuen Ang, political science professor at the University of Michigan and author of the book, China’s Gilded Age, argues that the US and China have more in common than we usually think and that it makes more sense to see the conflict as a clash of gilded ages instead of a clash of civilizations.
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The Legacy of Systemic Racism
Dec 1, 2021
How systemic racism of the past continues to haunt the present.
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Innovation in the Service of Society
Nov 24, 2021
How innovation ought to be guided if it is to be successful in addressing our most pressing problems.
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Can Markets Save the Planet?
Nov 10, 2021
Graciela Chichilnisky has a plan to do exactly that.
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A New Vision for Economics Education
Nov 5, 2021
The education of the next generation of economists too often ignores the real crisis we face today: climate change, inequality, and financial instability.
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How Do We Create the Financial Conditions for a Green New Deal?
Nov 3, 2021
Political economist, author, and public speaker Ann Pettifor talks about her latest book, The Case for a Green New Deal, which not only lays out the urgency for such a deal, but also proposes a roadmap for both national and global financial reform to make it possible.
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The US Federal Government's Fifty-Year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis
Nov 1, 2021
From LBJ to the present, the federal government has knowingly continued to expand the US fossil economy, not passively but as a major active player, endangering the future of young people.
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How China Escaped Shock Therapy
Oct 27, 2021
A story spanning thousands of years, there is far more to China’s market reformation than many Western scholars might have you believe.
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What Universities Owe Democracy
Oct 25, 2021
We have certainly been testing the resilience of democracy, but are we paying attention to the lessons?
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We Need a Resilient Society
Oct 5, 2021
Princeton economics professor Markus Brunnermeier discusses his recently released book, The Resilient Society, which argues that in crisis-prone situations societal resilience is a crucial component for averting outright disaster and outlines how we might achieve that resilience. SHOW MORE
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Transforming and Democratizing Institutions to Address Climate Change
Sep 17, 2021
Geoff Mann, professor of geography at Simon Fraser University and co-author of the book, Climate Leviathan, discusses the authoritarian dangers ahead, as the world tried to cope with climate change, and how all institutions, including central banking, need to evolve so they address the problem adequately.
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Feminist Economics
Sep 15, 2021
The economy is not gender neutral, but actually relies on gender imbalances to function and grow.
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Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy
Sep 7, 2021
Adam Tooze discusses his new book with Rob Johnson
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On Developing a Vision for a Better Society
Sep 3, 2021
Gisele Huff, education policy specialist and president of the Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity, along with john a. powell, director of UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute, talk about the motivations and process behind the soon-to-be-released report, “Convening on Automation, Opportunity, and Belonging: Vision and Foundations for a Better Society.”
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The Invisible Woman
Sep 1, 2021
Economics has many flaws, yet few are as broadly oppressive as its illusions about gender.
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Understanding China's Market Reform Strategy
Aug 30, 2021
Isabella Weber, assistant professor of economics at UMass Amherst, discusses her new book on how China managed its transition from central planning to markets
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Back to the Future of Learning
Aug 25, 2021
If we save education, can we save humanity?
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The History of Financial Bubbles
Aug 24, 2021
The Locus and Focus of Speculation
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The Vicious Cycle of Mass Incarceration and Racial Injustice
Aug 18, 2021
MIT economic historian Peter Temin discusses parts of his forthcoming book, focusing on the history of mass incarceration of uneducated Blacks and how it has created a permanent class of poor Black Americans
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We Need a Reparative Culture
Aug 13, 2021
Andre Perry, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of the book, Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Properties in America’s Black Cities, discusses the ongoing problem of how real estate dynamics continue to maintain racial injustice in cities across United States, and how we need a “reparative culture” to address the problem.
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A Society Designed to Incentivize Criminal Behavior at the Highest Level
Aug 11, 2021
Matt Stoller, Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project and author of Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy, talks about the many ways in which the US economic system has become rigged to favor the richest.
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The Obscene Obstacles to Global Vaccine Distribution
Aug 6, 2021
Lori Wallach, of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, and Jayati Ghosh, economics professor at UMass Amherst, discuss how first world countries are protecting pharma companies’ exorbitant profits, at the expense of vaccinating people living in the Global South and thereby also endangering everyone in the world.