economics

#1228 David Calnitsky: Basic Income, Poverty, and Socialism

Mar 16, 2026

Dr. David Calnitsky is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario. His research interests include sociological theory, social policy, and poverty, and his empirical work has examined the impact of basic income on a range of outcomes, from wages and work to social stigma and gender dynamics. More recently, he has been doing research on the welfare state, collective action, and social change. A new book project examines how social change succeeds and fails. A second book project (with Michael McCarthy) analyzes and reconstructs the social theory of Erik Olin Wright. More»
#1226 Nicolas Jabko - Technocrats in Turmoil: The Fed, the ECB, and the Changing Politics of Money

Mar 12, 2026

Dr. Nicolas Jabko is a Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. His published books and articles have focused on European politics and political economy from a comparative and international perspective. His current research interests include central banks and the politics of money, neoliberalism, crisis politics, and sovereignty. His latest book is Technocrats in Turmoil: The Fed, the ECB, and the Changing Politics of Money. More»
#1221 Richard Wolff: Marxism, Dialectical Materialism, and Science

Feb 27, 2026

Dr. Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, New York City. He is also the co-founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Economic Update. In collaboration with his colleague, Stephen Resnick, he has developed a new approach to political economy. While it retains and systematically elaborates the Marxist notion of class as surplus labor, it rejects the economic determinism typical of most schools of economics and usually associated with Marxism as well. More»
#1220 Alyssa Battistoni - Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature

Feb 26, 2026

Dr. Alyssa Battistoni is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Barnard College. She works and teaches on climate and environmental politics, capitalism, Marxism, feminism, and other topics in modern social and political theory. She is the author of Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. More»
#1171 Ana Drago - Oportunidade ou Maldição: A indústria do turismo em Portugal

Nov 3, 2025

THIS INTERVIEW IS IN PORTUGUESE. More»
#1166 Alexander Rosenberg: Why Economic Theory Can't Get Any Better...Why We Need It Anyway

Oct 23, 2025

Dr. Alexander Rosenberg is the R. Taylor Cole Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. In 2016 he was the Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor at the University of Bristol. He has held fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. In 1993, Dr. Rosenberg received the Lakatos Award in the philosophy of science. In 2006-2007 he held a fellowship at the National Humanities Center. He’s the author of both fictional and non-fictional literature, including The Atheist’s Guide to Reality, The Girl from Krakow, How History Gets Things Wrong, and Blunt Instrument: Why Economic Theory Can't Get Any Better...Why We Need It Anyway. More»
#1161 Anna Bocca @annabocca : The Origins, Spread, and Failures of Neoliberal Capitalism

Oct 10, 2025

Anna Bocca is a YouTuber (@annabocca). She makes videos about the scams of the corporate world, our economy, society, and other topics. More»
#1159 Michael Hudson - Temples of Enterprise: Creating Economic Order in the Bronze Age Near East

Oct 6, 2025

Dr. Michael Hudson is President of the Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, and Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He is the author of several books, including Temples of Enterprise: Creating Economic Order in the Bronze Age Near East. More»
#1153 Richard Wolff: Economic Inequality and Why We Need to Tax the Rich

Sep 22, 2025

Dr. Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, New York City. He is also the co-founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Economic Update. Over the last 25 years, in collaboration with his colleague, Stephen Resnick, he has developed a new approach to political economy. While it retains and systematically elaborates the Marxist notion of class as surplus labor, it rejects the economic determinism typical of most schools of economics and usually associated with Marxism as well. More»
#1150 Mark Blyth - Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers

Sep 15, 2025

Dr. Mark Blyth is William R. Roads Professor of International Economics at Brown University. His research interests lie in the field of international political economy. More specifically, his research trespasses several fields and aims to be as interdisciplinary as possible, drawing from political science, economics, sociology, complexity theory, and evolutionary theory. His work falls into several related areas: the politics of ideas, how institutions change, political parties, and the politics of finance. His latest book is Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers. More»