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It’s an Economist’s World
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Sep 7, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
On The Gist, Trump’s lightbulbs.
In the interview, economists weren’t always at the levers of public policy in America. The New York Times’ Binyamin Appelbaum tracked the profession’s post-war movement into power, and how the laissez-faire philosophy economists (by and large) brought with them has failed us. Appelbaum is the author of The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society.
In the Spiel, hurricanes and global warming.
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In the interview, economists weren’t always at the levers of public policy in America. The New York Times’ Binyamin Appelbaum tracked the profession’s post-war movement into power, and how the laissez-faire philosophy economists (by and large) brought with them has failed us. Appelbaum is the author of The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society.
In the Spiel, hurricanes and global warming.
Want to see a special episode of The Gist live in New York? Get your tickets here!
Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now.
Released:
Sep 7, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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