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Economics & Beyond with Rob Johnson episodes
- Seth Klein: How WWII Preparation Sets an Example for Confronting Climate ChangePublic policy researcher and writer Seth Klein discusses his new book, A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency, which looks at the example that the mobilization for World War II sets in terms of mobilizing society and resources for coping with an emergency1 hr 1 min
- Jayati Ghosh: Rescue Packages for Wealthy Corporations, not for Developing CountriesUMass Amherst Economics professor Jayati Ghosh talks about the massive unjustness of the so-called pandemic economic rescue packages, which continue to favor the world's wealthiest while ignoring the dramatic plight of the developing world.57 min
- Rise Up and Stop the Doomsday Machine!
In the final part of his conversation with Rob Johnson, Daniel Ellsberg talks about his hopes for this generation and why he wrote The Doomsday Machine.
25 min - The Unfathomable Willingness to Destroy the World
Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg continues the conversation about his book, The Doomsday Machine, talking about the changes in military strategy that allowed the targeting of civilians and how the arms industry pushed military expansion, which he goes on to relate to climate change.
28 min - A History of the Nuclear Danger that the Military Industrial Complex Engineered
Famous whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg discusses his book, The Doomsday Machine, which chronicles the tremendous threat to humanity that US nuclear war planners deliberately considered and whose plans he was going to leak instead of the Pentagon Papers, had it not been for the Vietnam War.
33 min - Challenging the Conventional Development Wisdom of Both the Left and the Right
Christopher Cramer and John Sender, authors of the book, African Economic Development: Evidence, Theory, and Policy, discuss their book (co-written with Arkebe Oqubay) and how economic policy needs to be rooted in flexibly responding to changing circumstances and consequences, instead of dogma.
Link to a PDF version of the book: http://fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/academic/pdf/openaccess/9780198832331.pdf
58 min - How Local Projects Can Change People's Notion of What Is PossibleHilary Doe, the founder and president of the Michigan-based organization Scout, talks about the ways in which successful local projects can have profound effects on people's consciousness about what is politically possible1 hr 1 min
- Matt Morrison: Rising Insecurity and Focus on Identity Politics Helped Propel TrumpExecutive Director of Working America, Matt Morrison, talks about the political and economic factors that originally helped Trump succeed and how Democrats can build on their 2020 victory1 hr 5 min
- Protecting People Against COVID-19 Protects the EconomyPhillip Alvelda, Thomas Ferguson, and John C. Mallery discuss their latest research into how the pandemic is related to the economy and how protecting against the virus also protects societies from economic disaster.Read their article: https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/to-save-the-economy-save-people-first1 hr 16 min
- Jacqueline Novogratz: Why We Need a Moral RevolutionSocial entrepreneur Jacqueline Novogratz discusses her book Manifesto for a Moral Revolution and the crisis facing a pandemic-riddled world.1 hr 7 min
About Economics & Beyond with Rob Johnson
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Rob Johnson is not your average economist, and this is not your average economics podcast. Every week, Rob talks about economic and social issues with a guest who probably wasn’t on your Econ 101…
reading list, from musicians to activists to rebel economists. A podcast of The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET).