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Rob Johnson is not your average economist, and this is not your average economics podcast. Every week, Rob talks about economic and social issues with a guest who probably wasn’t on your Econ 101 reading list, from musicians to activists to rebel economists. A podcast of The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET).
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6 days ago
6 days ago
Rob Johnson hosts Lincoln Mitchell, Political Science Professor at Columbia University, in a compelling conversation about the increasingly powerful fascist movement in the US. Mitchell outlines the elements of fascism present in the MAGA movement, including its dependence on a strongman leader, the scapegoating of minorities, threats of violence and curtailing of freedoms of speech and assembly. Reflecting on the failures of the media and political establishment, they discuss the importance of rebuilding democratic norms and institutions.
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
David Sirota joins Rob Johnson to examine the history and impact of money in U.S. politics, as explored in Sirota’s investigative podcast series, "Master Plan." Sirota discusses how a series of judicial rulings and policy changes since the 1970s enabled a system in which the voices of wealthy elites overshadow those of ordinary citizens.
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Marjorie Kelly: The Other Dangerous Supremacy - Wealth Supremacy
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Author and Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Democracy Collaborative, Marjorie Kelly, talks about her recently released book, Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s Crises (Berrett-Kohler, September 2023), which also outlines a vision for democratizing the economy so that it serves the broader public good.
Thursday Oct 10, 2024
Steven Herrmann: America’s Shaman-Poets’ Vision for a Better Future
Thursday Oct 10, 2024
Thursday Oct 10, 2024
Rob Johnson and Steven Herrmann, an author and Jungian analyst, discuss the concept of "spiritual democracy" as explored in Herrmann's work and the writings of American poets like Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, and Emily Dickinson and how their vision might inform a renewal of American democracy.
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
America’s Burning
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
What happened to the American dream? Rob talks with David Smick about his new film and the inspiration for the project.
Thursday May 16, 2024
Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor - Solidarity: A World-Changing Idea
Thursday May 16, 2024
Thursday May 16, 2024
Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor talk to Rob about their recently released book, Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea. The wide-ranging conversation covers the importance of solidarity in addressing the current crises of economic inequality, climate change, and democracy, emphasizing the need for collective action and social movements to bring about change, as well as the role of education and the arts in fostering a sense of community and shared identity.
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Rohinton Medhora: One Earth, One Family, One Future
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Rohinton Medhora (INET's Board Chair, member of our Commission on Global Economic Transformation, and Distinguished Fellow at CIGI) discusses global social healing, India and the G20 with INET President Rob Johnson.
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Adair Turner: India’s Leadership and Global Challenges of Climate and Finance
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
If we're going to address environmental catastrophe, we need to support each other on a global scale. Rob Johnson checks in with Adair Turner about his work, and practical solutions to address the climate crisis.
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Angus Deaton: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Economics Nobel laureate Sir Angus Deaton discusses his latest book, Economics in America, which takes an autobiographical approach to how the field of economics addresses the most pressing issues of our time—from poverty, retirement, and the minimum wage to the ravages of the nation’s uniquely disastrous health care system.
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Michael Spence: A Plan to Fix a Fractured World
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Mike Spence talks with Rob Johnson about his upcoming co-authored book "Permacrisis", India and the G20, and bringing the world together to address our shared challenges.
Book: "Permacrisis: A Plan to Fix a Fractured World" https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/bo...
Do you feel like we’re in a permacrisis? Chances are you feel some anxiety about the state of the world. Gordon Brown, Mohamed A. El-Erian, and Michael Spence certainly did. Three of the most internationally respected and experienced thinkers of our time, these friends found their pandemic Zooms increasingly focused on a cascade of crises: sputtering growth, surging inflation, poor policy responses, an escalating climate emergency, worsening inequality, increasing nationalism, and a decline in global co-operation.