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Corporate Bullsh*t (with Joan Walsh and Donald Cohen)

Corporate Bullsh*t (with Joan Walsh and Donald Cohen)

FromPitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer


Corporate Bullsh*t (with Joan Walsh and Donald Cohen)

FromPitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Oct 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Politicians and business interests have lied to the American people for centuries in order to protect their power and profits—and they tell the exact same lies every single time. Nick has co-written a book titled Corporate Bullsh*t with Joan Walsh and Donald Cohen, which reveals this trickle-down duplicity as plain as day by placing egregious past quotes from corporate executives and politicians next to equally outrageous contemporary arguments—all of which justify outcomes that line the pockets of the wealthy and powerful while harming everyone else. Joan and Donald join the show to discuss why they wrote this book and to explain why it’s a must-read for anyone who's tired of getting conned, bamboozled, and ripped off.

Joan Walsh is national affairs correspondent for The Nation, the co-producer of the Emmy-nominated documentary The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show, and the author of What’s the Matter with White People?

Donald Cohen is the founder and executive director of the research and policy center In the Public Interest and the co-author (with Allen Mikaelian) of The Privatization of Everything.

Pre-Order Nick's new book, Corporate Bullsh*t https://www.corporatebsbook.com 

Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com
Twitter: @PitchforkEcon
Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics
Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer
Released:
Oct 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Any society that allows itself to become radically unequal eventually collapses into an uprising or a police state—or both. Join venture capitalist Nick Hanauer and some of the world’s leading economic and political thinkers in an exploration of who gets what and why. Turns out, everything you learned about economics is wrong. And if we don’t do something about rising inequality, the pitchforks are coming.