Economics at Best of the Left

#1190 Hurricane Maria laid bare the colonialism and capitalism in Puerto Rico

Posted on Episodes by · June 15, 2018 6:00 PM

Air Date: 6–15-2018

Today we take a look at the high toll Puerto Rico is paying, in both money and lives, for the triple disasters of colonialism, Hurricane Maria and disaster capitalism

#1183 Debating proposals for a next-generation economy (Social Benefit Programs)

Posted on Episodes by · May 15, 2018 6:00 PM

Air Date: 5–15-2018

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Today we take a look at both the policies of a Federally-Guaranteed Jobs program and a Universal Basic Income and hear arguments for and against each

#1181 The Red-State Revolt (Teachers Strikes)

Posted on Episodes by · May 04, 2018 6:00 PM · 2 reactions

Air Date: 5–4-2018

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Today we take a look at the falling dominoes of rebellion and demands for justice in the form of teachers strikes as they go from one educationally decimated red state to the next

#1178 Economic Evolution (Capitalism, Consumerism and Beyond)

Posted on Episodes by · April 17, 2018 6:00 PM · 2 reactions

Air Date: 4–17-2018

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Today we take a look at the debate between individualism and varying forms of collectivism, the benefits and drawbacks of consumerism and some philosophies of economics both past and future

#1166 How to create a happier society and why the GOP refuses (Social Benefits)

Posted on Episodes by · February 20, 2018 6:00 PM

Air Date: 2–20-2018

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Today we respond to the recent Trump budget proposal with some economic theories of our own, a description of how we could make ourselves happier and more prosperous and an explanation for why the GOP governing philosophy is so at odds with implementing programs that people like

#1162 The economics of immigration and demonization

Posted on Episodes by · February 02, 2018 6:00 PM

Air Date: 2–2-2018

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Today we take a look at the economics of immigration, both the good and the bad, both the domestic and international

#1158 What America refuses to remember about Martin Luther King Jr.

Posted on Episodes by · January 16, 2018 6:00 PM

Air Date: 1–16-2018

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Today we take a look at the legacy of Martin Luther King that some people prefer to forget and most people never learned about. In fact, it is likely his forgotten opinions that got him killed rather than his calls for racial equality.

#1155 Leisure, Desperation or a Reorientation (The Future of Work)

Posted on Episodes by · January 02, 2018 6:00 PM · 1 reaction

Air Date: 1–2-2018

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Today we take a look at a few different visions of what the future holds for our labor market and some policies we should be putting in place to set the scene for the coming evolution of work