Podcast: Economics & Beyond

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How Local Projects Can Change People's Notion of What Is Possible

Dec 7, 2020

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

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Pavlina Tcherneva: The Many Benefits of a Jobs Guarantee

Oct 29, 2020

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.

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Eugene McCarraher: The Religion of Capitalism

Oct 26, 2020

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.