Facing the Future

Will We Learn the Necessary Lessons From Past Economic Crises


Listen Later

This week on Facing the Future, we revisit a conversation from earlier this year with Alex Pollock and Howard Adler, authors of a new book entitled "Surprised Again: The COVID Crisis and the New Market Bubble." The book examines the recent economic crises, including the COVID related economic shutdown and the Great Recession of 2008-10, and asks why these types of events always seem to take us by surprise. Though inflation has come down somewhat from its peak in the last year, it is still a problem for our economy, brought about in large part by the federal government's responses to the two most recent economic crises. Not to mention the trillions of dollars these crisis responses added to our national debt.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Facing the FutureBy The Concord Coalition

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

11 ratings


More shows like Facing the Future

View all
Economist Podcasts by The Economist

Economist Podcasts

4,209 Listeners

WSJ What’s News by The Wall Street Journal

WSJ What’s News

4,321 Listeners

Marketplace by Marketplace

Marketplace

8,622 Listeners

Planet Money by NPR

Planet Money

30,734 Listeners

Freakonomics Radio by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Freakonomics Radio

32,071 Listeners

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch by Paul Gigot, The Wall Street Journal

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

2,801 Listeners

Trumponomics by Bloomberg

Trumponomics

348 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

110,865 Listeners

Politically Georgia by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Politically Georgia

334 Listeners

Beyond Politics by Matt Robison

Beyond Politics

111 Listeners

The Trade Guys by CSIS  |  Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Trade Guys

147 Listeners

The Bulwark Podcast by The Bulwark

The Bulwark Podcast

11,757 Listeners

Hacks On Tap by Hacks On Tap

Hacks On Tap

8,006 Listeners

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway by Vox Media Podcast Network

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

5,361 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

15,371 Listeners