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We are living through a paradigm shift from trickle-down neoliberalism to middle-out economics — a new understanding of who gets what and why. Join zillionaire class-traitor Nick Hanauer and some of the world’s leading economic and political thinkers as they explore the latest thinking on how the economy actually works.
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- 3 days ago51 min
Bonus Episode: Pitchfork Politics — Who Are The New Swing Voters?
Working-class voters are now the most volatile bloc in American politics, and they are judging both parties by a simple test: are paychecks rising faster than costs? Hosts Zach Silk and Richard Trent connect decades of change elections to economic dissatisfaction, explain why the old “soccer mom” model of the swing voter no longer fits, and assess what the coming election will reveal in places including Alaska, Texas, Kansas, and Maine. The takeaway for campaigns is direct: earning power requires a credible economic agenda that voters can feel at the kitchen table, and governing power requires delivering on it. Pitchfork Politics is a project of Civic Ventures and the Middle Out Center, produced by Sam Holman and Larj Media. Tina Nole and Isaac Kaplan-Woolner produced and edited this episode. Greg Shishman engineered the episode. Mentioned in This Episode Ethan Chen / DeCalibrate 2024 minimum-wage / paid-leave ballot measures in Alaska, Missouri, and Nebraska Marist Poll: Maine Senate race Steve Rattner / wealth-inequality graphic Pitchfork Economics The Pitch
- 6 days ago36 min
Why Bosses Get Away With Stealing Your Wages (with Terri Gerstein)
If you steal from your employer, you could end up in jail. But what happens when your employer steals from you? Every year, employers steal billions of dollars from American workers through unpaid wages, overtime violations, and other illegal practices. Yet the consequences for employers are often little more than the cost of doing business. On Election Day, we're revisiting our 2024 conversation with labor law enforcement expert Terri Gerstein about one of the most widespread and overlooked crimes in the American economy. Why is wage theft so common? Why are employers so rarely held criminally accountable? And what would it take to change that? Because building an economy that works for working people isn't just about passing better laws. It's about having a government willing to enforce them. This episode originally aired April 9, 2024 Terri Gerstein is the director of the NYU Wagner Labor Initiative and a leading expert on wage theft and workers’ rights enforcement. She previously served as Labor Bureau Chief in the New York Attorney General’s Office and Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Department of Labor. Social Media: @terrigerstein.bsky.social @TerriGerstein Further reading: The Regulatory Review - A Resilient Web of State and Local Enforcers More than $1.5 billion in stolen wages recovered for workers between 2021 and 2023 How district attorneys and state attorneys general are fighting workplace abuses How to File a Wage Complaint Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com Facebook: Pitchfork Economics Podcast Bluesky: @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Threads: pitchforkeconomics TikTok: @pitchfork_econ YouTube: @pitchforkeconomics LinkedIn: Pitchfork Economics Twitter: @PitchforkEcon, @NickHanauer Substack: The Pitch Nick’s Substack: NickHanauer.Substack.com
- 1 weeks ago39 min
Bonus Episode: Introducing Pitchfork Politics — Who Are the New Swing Voters?
We're bringing you something new from the Pitchfork universe! Today, we're sharing the debut episode of Pitchfork Politics, a new podcast hosted by Civic Ventures President Zach Silk and Middle Out Center Executive Director Richard Trent, exploring how to run and win on the economy. In this first episode, Zach and Richard ask a question that could reshape how we think about American elections: Who are the new swing voters? Today's most politically volatile voters are increasingly working-class Americans who want to know whether their paychecks can keep up with the cost of living. From Alaska and Texas to Kansas and Maine, Zach and Richard explore what decades of political realignment can tell us about the coming election, why economic dissatisfaction keeps reshaping the electorate, and what it takes to turn electoral victories into lasting political power. Enjoy this special preview, and be sure to follow Pitchfork Politics wherever you get your podcasts for more conversations about the economic ideas, messages, and campaigns shaping American politics.
- 1 weeks ago47 min
Why Your Raise Doesn’t Feel Like a Raise (with Angela Hanks)
You got a raise. So why does it feel like you’re still struggling? New research finds that rising debt payments have swallowed more than half of real income gains for a typical one-earner household since late 2022. Angela Hanks of The Century Foundation joins Goldy and Paul to explain how debt is deepening America's affordability crisis, trapping workers in bad jobs, and weakening their bargaining power. And why fixing the problem requires more than just getting people out of debt. Angela Hanks is Chief of Policy Programs at The Century Foundation and a coauthor of the report: Half of Every Dollar: How Household Debt Eats Into Workers’ Income Gains. Social Media: @angelanhanks.bsky.social @AngelaHanks @TCFdotorg @tcfdotorg.bsky.social Further reading: Half of Every Dollar: How Household Debt Eats Into Workers’ Income Gains Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett Sam Vimes ‘Boots’ Theory of Socio-Economic Unfairness Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com Facebook: Pitchfork Economics Podcast Bluesky: @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Threads: pitchforkeconomics TikTok: @pitchfork_econ YouTube: @pitchforkeconomics LinkedIn: Pitchfork Economics Twitter: @PitchforkEcon, @NickHanauer Substack: The Pitch Nick’s Substack: NickHanauer.Substack.com
- 2 weeks ago51 min
Anti-Fascist Economics (with Isabella Weber)
What happens to democracy when people can no longer afford the basics of everyday life? Economist Isabella Weber argues that the affordability crisis isn't just an economic problem—it's a threat to democracy itself. Drawing on her new book, Anti-Fascist Economics, she joins Nick and Goldy to explore how inflation, austerity, and corporate profiteering fuel the rise of the far right, and why protecting democracy requires more than defending its institutions. From housing and groceries to energy and healthcare, Weber makes the case for an economy that puts people's livelihoods, dignity, and democratic power ahead of corporate profits. Isabella Weber is an associate professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and founding director of Essential Economics. Her research focuses on inflation, corporate pricing power, and economic policy. She is the author of Anti-Fascist Economics: In Defense of Affordability, Dignity, and Democracy and How China Escaped Shock Therapy. Social Media: @isabellamweber.bsky.social @isabella_m_weber @IsabellaMWeber www.isabellaweber.com Further reading: Anti-Fascist Economics: In Defense of Affordability, Dignity, and Democracy Best of Times, Worst of Times: Record Fossil-Fuel Profits, Inflation and Inequality How China Escaped Shock Therapy The Wall Street Journal - America Made Me Very Rich. There's a Pro-Market Way to Give Back. Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com Facebook: Pitchfork Economics Podcast Bluesky: @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Threads: pitchforkeconomics TikTok: @pitchfork_econ YouTube: @pitchforkeconomics LinkedIn: Pitchfork Economics Twitter: @PitchforkEcon, @NickHanauer Substack: The Pitch Nick’s Substack: NickHanauer.Substack.com
- 3 weeks ago42 min
Housing Is a Market Power Problem (with Sandeep Vaheesan & Brian Callaci)
Housing is still ridiculously expensive, and building more housing is absolutely part of the solution. But supply alone won’t fix a system where landlords have the power to jack up rents with the assistance of algorithms, and developers make more money building for the wealthiest in the market, rather than building homes a typical family can afford. In this 2024 conversation, Brian Callaci and Sandeep Vaheesan join Nick and Goldy to explain why America’s housing crisis is about more than a shortage of homes. They dig into landlord power, RealPage and algorithmic rent-setting, tenant protections, rent stabilization, and why relying on private developers alone won’t produce enough housing that working- and middle-class families can actually afford. They also make the case for a bigger public role in housing—including social housing and other public options that can create affordable homes without requiring every project to maximize private returns. This episode originally aired December 10, 2024. Brian Callaci is the Campaigns Director at the Strategic Organizing Center and the former chief economist at the Open Markets Institute. He is also the author of Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy. Sandeep Vaheesan is Legal Director at the Open Markets Institute, where he leads the organization’s legal advocacy and research, including its amicus program. His work focuses on antitrust, monopoly power, labor markets, and fair competition. Further reading: “The Market Alone Can’t Fix the U.S. Housing Crisis” “Deconstructing Housing” “Supply and the Housing Crisis: A Debate” U.S. v. RealPage Social Media: @briancallaci.bsky.social @brian_callaci @sandeepvaheesan Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com Facebook: Pitchfork Economics Podcast Bluesky: @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Threads: pitchforkeconomics TikTok: @pitchfork_econ YouTube: @pitchforkeconomics LinkedIn: Pitchfork Economics Twitter: @PitchforkEcon, @NickHanauer Substack: The Pitch Nick’s Substack: NickHanauer.Substack.com
- Oct 6, 202635 min
Who Is Industrial Policy Really For? (with Isabel Estevez)
Industrial policy is back at the center of the economic debate. But tariffs, factories, and reshoring are only part of the story. In this 2023 conversation, development economist Isabel Estevez joins Nick and Goldy to argue that industrial policy is ultimately about choices: what we produce, how we produce it, and who benefits. She explains why a smart industrial strategy has to look beyond manufacturing output to workers, communities, climate, public investment, and the broader public good. Because the real debate isn’t whether the government shapes markets. It already does. The question is what—and who—we’re shaping them for. This episode originally aired August 1, 2023. Isabel Estevez is an institutional and development economist and Co-Executive Director of i3T—Industry, Infrastructures and Innovation for Strategic Transformation. She previously served as Deputy Director of Industrial Policy and Trade at the Roosevelt Institute and as a Senior Policy Advisor at the Sierra Club. Further reading: Using Industrial Policy for Productive Transformation: Three Lessons from Development Economics for US Industrial Strategy How Can (Green) Industrial Policy Serve Human and Natural Flourishing? Global Green Industrial Policy: Navigating Power Dynamics for a Pro-Working-Class, Pro-Development Green Transformation The New Economics of Industrial Policy Social Media: @isabel_estevez_ isaestevez.com Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com Facebook: Pitchfork Economics Podcast Bluesky: @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Threads: pitchforkeconomics TikTok: @pitchfork_econ YouTube: @pitchforkeconomics LinkedIn: Pitchfork Economics Twitter: @PitchforkEcon, @NickHanauer Substack: The Pitch Nick’s Substack: NickHanauer.Substack.com
- Sep 29, 202631 min
When Companies Run the Courts: How Corporate Power Becomes Legal Power (with Brendan Ballou)
We like to think that if a company cheats us, steals our wages, or breaks the law, we can take them to court. Unfortunately, there’s a good chance you’ve already signed that right away. This week, Brendan Ballou returns to the podcast to explain how forced arbitration created what he calls America’s secret justice system—and why this is as much an economic story as a legal one. He joins Paul and Goldy to unpack how corporations use economic power to weaken workers’ and consumers’ legal power, why the myth of the “voluntary contract” falls apart when every option comes with the same fine print, and how making corporate misconduct harder to challenge changes the incentives that shape the entire market. Brendan Ballou is the founder of the Public Integrity Project, a nonprofit anti-corruption law firm, and the author of When Companies Run the Courts: How Forced Arbitration Became America’s Secret Justice System. Further reading: When Companies Run the Courts: How Forced Arbitration Became America’s Secret Justice System Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America Pitchfork Economics: Stop the Steal: Revisiting Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America (with Brendan Ballou) Public Integrity Project Social Media: @brendanballou.bsky.social Instagram: @brendanballou Substack: @brendanballou @brendanballou Ask Pitchfork: Have a question for Nick, Goldy, or the show? Leave it in the comments on YouTube or Spotify with #askpitchfork. Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com Facebook: Pitchfork Economics Podcast Bluesky: @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Threads: pitchforkeconomics TikTok: @pitchfork_econ YouTube: @pitchforkeconomics LinkedIn: Pitchfork Economics Twitter: @PitchforkEcon, @NickHanauer Substack: The Pitch Nick’s Substack: NickHanauer.Substack.com
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