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Interview with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter
Episode 35
Max Fisher sits down with Defense Secretary Ash Carter to talk about the modern international environment, why Carter thinks great power riv…
10 years, 1 month ago
Land value taxes, soda taxes, and carbon taxes — oh my!
Episode 34
Every policy nerd has their favorite tax proposal — and today on the Weeds, Sarah, Matt, and Ezra talk about a few of theirs. What would hap…
10 years, 1 month ago
Our undemocratic primaries, Obama's new fiduciary rule, and the challenge of information polarization
Episode 33
With Sarah still on vacation Ezra and Matt ask what we want out of our presidential nominating system, explain a new regulatory initiative t…
10 years, 2 months ago
Interview with Jason Furman
Episode 32
The Obama administration's top economist talks to Vox's Dylan Matthews about the challenges facing the American economy.
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10 years, 2 months ago
Why inequality matters, Trump's delegate problem, and the geography of life expectancy
Episode 31
With Sarah on vacation, Matt and Ezra talk about the philosophical underpinnings of worries about inequality, take a look at Donald Trump's …
10 years, 2 months ago
What the hell is going on with tax havens, explained
Episode 30
Ezra, Matt and Sarah use the Panama Papers to discuss how tax havens and shell corporations became such a big deal, and why America has done…
10 years, 2 months ago
A medical struggle to digitize, a tax calculator, and a paper that explains Trump
Episode 29
It would be really weird to walk into a bank and have the teller take down your information on pen and paper. But it happens all the time in…
10 years, 2 months ago
Replacing No Child Left Behind, wonky March Madness, and Uber's productivity
Episode 28
Special guest star Libby Nelson joins Sarah and Matt to explain the Every Student Succeeds Act, examine the strange history and economics be…
10 years, 2 months ago
Super(b) Tuesday special
Episode 27
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt discuss the results of the March 15 primaries and the state of the 2016 presidential election.Today’s episode is broug…
10 years, 3 months ago
The productivity slowdown, TrumpCare, and better textbooks
Episode 26
Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about why Silicon Valley's technical marvels aren't visible in economic statistics, dive into the details of Dona…
10 years, 3 months ago