Podcast: Economics & Beyond

How Local Projects Can Change People's Notion of What Is Possible
Hilary Doe, the founder and president of the Michigan-based organization Scout, talks about the ways in which successful local projects can have profound effects on people’s consciousness about what is politically possible

Pavlina Tcherneva: The Many Benefits of a Jobs Guarantee
Pavlina Tcherneva, Associate Professor of Economics at Bard College, discusses her new book, The Case for a Jobs Guarantee, outlining why society would benefit tremendously from such a program.

Eugene McCarraher: The Religion of Capitalism
Eugene McCarraher, Associate Professor of Humanities at Villanova University and author of the book, The Enchantment of Mammon, talks about his book and how society has not really become more secular because it shifted its focus from the worship of God to the worship of markets.