Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

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Should There Be a Limit to Wealth? (with Ingrid Robeyns)

Economic debates often focus on poverty — how to raise wages, strengthen safety nets, and ensure people don’t fall too far behind. But what if fairness also requires asking a different question: how much wealth is too much? This week, we’re resharing our conversation with ethics ...  Show more

AI Won’t Decide the Future of Work—We Will (with David Autor)

Every wave of new technology has come with the same promise: productivity rises, and everyone benefits. That’s not how it usually plays out. This week, we’re resharing our conversation with MIT economist David Autor, one of the world’s leading experts on how technological change ...  Show more

LIVE FROM DC: The Magic Wand Question — Policy Pitches for Working People

If you could order a presidential administration to do one specific thing to improve the lives of working people — what would it be? At Democracy Journal’s recent conference in Washington, DC, Nick and Goldy heard some of the country’s leading economic thinkers take their best sh ...  Show more

LIVE FROM DC: Abundance and Social Democracy: Enemies or Allies?

Can we build an economy that delivers abundance without abandoning democratic accountability and economic equity? Recorded live at Democracy Journal’s “Can’t We All Just Get Along?” conference, this episode features a wide-ranging panel discussion on one of the most consequential ...  Show more

A Government Built to Stall—and What That Means for Democracy (with Hannah Garden-Monheit)

If democracy is going to survive, it has to deliver.This week, Goldy and Civic Ventures president Zach Silk are joined by Hannah Garden-Monheit, a former senior official in the Biden-Harris administration, for a conversation about one of the most urgent questions in American poli ...  Show more