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What’s the trick in trickle-down? (with Yuval Noah Harari and Molly Crockett)
What’s the trick in trickle-down? (with Yuval Noah Harari and Molly Crockett)
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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Dec 24, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
What is the “trick” in “trickle down” economics? It’s how wealthy elites and their neoliberal lackeys convince you that what’s good for them (tax cuts, deregulation, etc.) is good for you… and that policies like the minimum wage, overtime, and paid sick leave will ruin the economy. Economics is a story we tell ourselves to help explain who gets what, and why. In this episode, which we’re re-issuing for the holidays because it’s just so dang good, we explore how to tell a better story.
Yuval Noah Harari is the author of international bestsellers: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. He is a professor in the Department of History at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Twitter: @yuvalharari
Facebook: @Prof.Yuval.Noah.Harari
Instagram: @yuval_noah_harari
Molly Crockett is the director of the Crockett Lab and an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Yale University. She is also a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics.
Twitter: @mollycrockett
Further reading:
A threat, not a theory: https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/41/a-threat-not-a-theory/
To my fellow plutocrats: you can cure Trumpism: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/07/18/to-my-fellow-plutocrats-you-can-cure-trumpism-215347
Our website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com/
Our twitter: @PitchforkEcon
Our instagram: @pitchforkeconomics
Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer
Yuval Noah Harari is the author of international bestsellers: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. He is a professor in the Department of History at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Twitter: @yuvalharari
Facebook: @Prof.Yuval.Noah.Harari
Instagram: @yuval_noah_harari
Molly Crockett is the director of the Crockett Lab and an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Yale University. She is also a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics.
Twitter: @mollycrockett
Further reading:
A threat, not a theory: https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/41/a-threat-not-a-theory/
To my fellow plutocrats: you can cure Trumpism: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/07/18/to-my-fellow-plutocrats-you-can-cure-trumpism-215347
Our website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com/
Our twitter: @PitchforkEcon
Our instagram: @pitchforkeconomics
Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer
Released:
Dec 24, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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