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Modern Monetary Theory: Can we afford it? Yes. Yes, we can.
Few concepts get under the skin of traditional economists, Wall Street executives and academics as Modern Monetary Theory, or MMT. We’ve been buildin…
4 years, 7 months ago
Stupid White Guy Olympics: Governors Kemp, DeSantis and Abbott.
In today’s Quickie we celebrate the upcoming Olympics with our own field of challengers for the nation’s top Stupid White Guy! Exciting times. Our co…
4 years, 8 months ago
How to Talk About the Trump Years: Or, "What the Fuck Just Happened??"
While the ink is still wet on the Trump era, we’re going to talk through what the real legacy might be before revisionists get a hold of it one way o…
4 years, 8 months ago
Manufacturing Dissent: How We Let an Aussie Destroy the U.S.
Today we take on News Corp., the most egregious example of “manufactured consent.” The fact that we let this monster from down under invade our thoug…
4 years, 8 months ago
Fuck Milton Friedman: The Chicago School of Economics.
Here we are Unf*ckers. It’s our great hope that we contextualize the Chicago School of Economics and its high priest Milton Friedman by alternately e…
4 years, 8 months ago
Chicago School Teaser Trailer
In this teaser episode we do a quick recap on why the fuck we're so mad at Milton Friedman and briefly summarize prior episodes that are useful prime…
4 years, 9 months ago
The Problem with Conscious Capitalism: ESG, SRI and FMF.
Today we examine Conscious Capitalism™ as an organization (the trademarked entity) and Conscious Capitalism the movement characterized by the investm…
4 years, 9 months ago
Cuba (Not So) Libre: "Vas Bien, Fidel."
Since 1959, the island nation of Cuba has been giving the middle finger to the United States. Cuba has been in the control of a Castro through thirte…
4 years, 9 months ago
May 2021 Quickie: Republican Rehab.
The media has been hard at work lately trying to rehabilitate the image of three significant members of the Republican Party. So we’re not going to l…
4 years, 9 months ago
The Assange Problem: Either Set Him Free or Go Full Fascism.
Assange is a complicated figure personally and historically. And he evokes pretty strong reactions on both sides. Mostly though we don’t think about …
4 years, 9 months ago