"I have an 11-year old and I want her to actually have a future. If we’re not focusing on this stuff, if we are talking about trivia, if we’re doing the politics of distraction, you’re putting my 11-year old’s future and everyone else in her generation in deep, deep risk. That is unacceptable."
#MarkBlyth, 2022
https://pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/why-wont-trickle-down-die-with-mark-blyth/
Hell yes!
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"... if you think about the people who went to the Capitol building on January the 6th, they were morally outraged, too. You may disagree with those morals, but that was a motivator for their anger.
We got interested in this whole area and we basically settled on a story about macro-angrynomics and micro-angrynomics."
#MarkBlyth, 2022
https://pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/why-wont-trickle-down-die-with-mark-blyth/
A good time to revisit this eye-opener by #MarkBlyth because if #Trump wins again, the economists would line-up to curse the working class people of the #USEmpire once again.
Blyth also hosts a brilliant podcast at #Brown which has many more gems that could help one understand the sham that is #corporateamerica . And, he's incredibly funny.
Mark Blyth - Why People Vote for Those Who Work Against Their Best Interests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsqGITb0W4A
>… auch nach dem Ende der #Pandemie [arbeitet] ein gutes Viertel der Beschäftigten von zu Hause aus.
#Endemierebellen 🖖😷✌️ #CovidIsNotOver
#MarkBlyth hat's schon vor Jahren in #RadioOpenSource vorhergesagt: "I wouldn't be going long on commercial #RealEstate"
Außerdem: Firmen, die ihre Leute schutzlos ins Büro zwingen, laden #schwereSchuld auf sich und sollten definitiv nicht über #Fachkräftemangel jammern.
Folgeempfehlung zu diesen Themen: https://nitter.net/brownecfm/
One of my latest cultural heroes, #MarkBlyth on #AssetDemocracy on why #PoliticalParties need to bridge the gap between the asset rich and the asset impoverished by telling stories that join the two: https://youtu.be/MWjKvehIumg?t=3230
My Own Thoughts from #Cong20
Mark Blyth: An End to Austerity Economics
Such an awesome and insightful podcast with political economist Mark Blyth
Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights): 'Global Trumpism': Bailouts, Brexit and battling climate change http://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/documentaries/the-best-of-ideas/
#podcast #cbcideas #markblyth #climatechange #economics #capitalism #neoliberalism
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