Podcast: Economics & Beyond

William Spriggs: How Economic Theory and Policy Reinforce Racism
William Spriggs, the AFL-CIO’s chief economist, talks about the inadequacies of the pandemic economic rescue package and how mainstream economic theory continues to fail everyone, but especially Blacks
Elaine Brown, Pt. 2
Elaine Brown Pt. 2: Music and Activism in the Struggle for Racial Justice

Brian Barnier
Brian Barnier, Director of Analytics at ValueBridge Advisors, talks to Rob Johnson about how the pandemic could change the mission of central banks.

Michael Pettis
Michael Pettis, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, talks to Rob Johnson about how trade wars really are class wars and how nationalist conflict is shaping US-China relations and fracturing Europe.