Re-Air Date: 12–2-25

Unless you were a member in May of 2024, this episode of SOLVED! will be brand new to you! If you were a member back then, THANK YOU and this one is worth a re-listen. We're slowing down production for a little bit to reorganize our production processes, so enjoy this episode from our archives (and B.Y: before YouTube) where Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:

Ch. 1 - How supply and demand economics is not about "distribution of goods with the greatest efficiency" and is instead about nothing more than predatory greed

Ch. 2 - How what we value as humans goes far beyond the price of commodities

Ch. 3 - More examples of "enshitification" as companies reach inside our homes to control things we already bought

Ch. 4 - How companies are restricting functionality to extract even more from us

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REFERENCES:

WELCOME TO PRICING HELL - The Atlantic

The Gap Between the Price You See and What You Pay Is Getting Worse - The Wall Street Journal

Welcome to the Golden Age of User Hostility - The Atlantic

My Printer Is Extorting Me - The Atlantic

Bought a Model Y? Tesla may charge you to use the battery's full range - Yahoo! Finance

Corporate America Knows We're Miserable. Is a Toilet Bomb the Answer? - The Wall Street Journal

EXTRAS:

00:12:53 "Not everything that counts can be counted" by Billy Bragg

00:42:41 Best of the Left Ep. #1629 - "Hitting Where it Hurts in Our Era of Negative Partisanship: Messaging left-wing politics amid cultish politics" (Air Date: May 2024)

00:48:44 Best of the Left Ep. #1628 - "New Era of Antitrust for a New Era of Capitalism, Mega-Corporations and Big Tech" (Air Date: May 2024)

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