Economics & Beyond with Rob Johnson

Robert Dugger: An Economics for Future Generations

Rob Johnson talks to Robert Dugger, former member of the INET Board and founder of Ready Nation, about how society can safeguard its accomplishments and rights for posterity.

Thomas Ferguson: Government for, of, and by the Wealthy

INET’s Research Director Thomas Ferguson talks to Rob Johnson about the many ways in which money corrupts our politics, contributes to ever-greater inequality, and what can be done about it

Robert Skidelsky: Keynes on “The Road to Serfdom”

Historian Lord Robert Skidelsky reads a letter that John Maynard Keynes wrote to Friedrich Hayek about “The Road to Serfdom,” and then discusses with Rob Johnson the tense relationship between the two famous economists.

Sony Kapoor: The Real Challenge Still Lies Ahead

Sony Kapoor, Managing Director of the Nordic Institute for Finance, Technology, and Sustainability, talks to Rob Johnson about the real problems that the pandemic exposes and whether a Green New Deal is still achievable in this context

Margaret Heffernan: Our Uncharted and Uncertain Future

Margaret Heffernan, a writer and former CEO, talks to Rob about her latest book, Uncharted: How to Map the Future Together, on the art of thinking about the future in the context of uncertainty

John O’Neil: A WPA of the Mind and Soul

Author and psychologist John O’Neil talks to Rob Johnson about America’s moral and educational crisis.

Christine Passarella: What Kids Can Learn From John Coltrane

Rob Johnson talks to educator Christine Passarella about her program Kids for Coltrane, and the educational value of the jazz great.

Justin Lin: A New, Structural Economics

Justin Lin, Director of the National School for Economic Development in Beijing, talks to Rob Johnson about how economists can work together internationally for shared prosperity.

Fatima Denton: What the Pandemic Means for Global Solidarity

Dr. Fatima Denton, Director of the Institute for Natural Resources in Africa at the United Nations University, Ghana, talks to Rob Johnson about the need for global cooperation and coordination in the wake of the pandemic.

Orville Schell: With China, The West Is Reaping the Bitter Harvest of Imperialism

Orville Schell, the Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society, talks to Rob Johnson about the future of Chinese relations with the West, and how the former victim of Western imperialism is trying to get its revenge.