#1615 Envisioning a Leftisț Economic Future of Postcapitalism, High-Tech Automation, Universal Basic Income and a World (Mostly) Without Work
Air Date: 3-1-2024
We don't have to think too hard to understand the fears of a world in which work, and the ability of millions to support themselves, are lost to automation and artificial intelligence. But that is only a capitalist future in which the benefits of technological advancement are hoarded by the already-wealthy. Today we imagine a different path.
Read more#1406 RIP Austerity, the American Rescue Plan and the End of Reaganism
Air Date: 3–23-2021
Today we take a look at the American Rescue Plan and discuss what it does, where it falls short and whether it could signal the end of an era.
Read more#1346 Pandemic Economics and the Reverse Robin Hood Bailout
Air Date: 4–4-2020
Today we take a look at many of the economic angles of the COVID-19 pandemic including the role of the shock doctrine in the wake of the coronavirus, calls for a socially just economic recovery, calls for the elderly to be turned into Soylent Green and the biggest Reverse Robin Hood bailout of all time.
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