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We get what we measure: Why policymakers overlook profits as the source of inflation Listen now (6 min) | Why they're intent on reducing jobs and wages instead

Oct 4

Trump's "death wish" for McConnell Listen now (4 min) | Friends, Sorry to intrude on your day once again, but I can’t remain silent in the face of Trump’s tirade against Mitch McConnell. On Friday, Trump criticized McConnell for approving Democratic bills, and asked rhetorically if McConnell has done so “because…

Oct 3

Office Hours: Should Elon get Twitter just because he's now willing to pay for it?Listen now | Is Twitter more like Times Square or a bar of soap?

1 hr ago

Trump will be on the ballot in 5 weeks Listen now (7 min) | He's laying the groundwork for a coup in 2024. Now is the time to stop it.

Oct 3

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The roots of Trumpism (Part 1)

What Dr. Phil wants me to do

The Democrats' disease

Is Biden too old?

The truth I'm telling Congress today about inflation

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And last week's winner!

Oct 2

What can we learn from the devastation of Hurricane Ian?Listen now (17 min) | Saturday coffee klatch

Oct 1

Hurricane Ian reminds us we're in this together Listen now (6 min) | And reveals Republican attacks on "socialism" as BS

Sep 30

The three myths used by the ultra-wealthy to justify the ultra-wealthy Listen now (6 min) | (Sorry you're so sensitive, Elon)

Sep 29

One billionaire backer of the insurrection answers me Listen now (4 min) | A response from Ken Griffin

Sep 28

Friends, In yesterday’s letter, I wrote to you about a new recommendation from a task force of the Department of Health and Human Services, asking…

Sep 28

Are record levels of stress inside us — or outside us?Listen now | Do we need better access to mental health, or a healthier society?

Sep 27

The draft Listen now (7 min) | Vladimir Putin's and Lyndon Johnson's

Sep 26

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The roots of Trumpism (Part 1)

What Dr. Phil wants me to do

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Is Biden too old?

The truth I'm telling Congress today about inflation

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Robert Reich

Exposing where power lies in our system — and how it's used and abused

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Letters from an American

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The Roots of Trumpism

Part 1: The roots

Part 2: The myth of the "free market"

Part 3: The Democrats' disease

Part 4: Gingrich

Part 5: McCarthy

Part 6: Talk radio in 1994

Wealth & Poverty

Class 1: What's happened to income and wealth in America over the past 40 years?

Class 2: The Investor’s View

Class 3: Globalization, Technological Change, and the Jobs of the Future

Class 4: Widening Inequalities of Place

Class 5: Monopoly, Organized Labor, and Antitrust

Class 6: The Interaction of Political Power and Wealth

Class 7: Taxing and Redistributing

Class 8: Macroeconomic Policy

Class 9: Remedying Racial Inequity

Class 10: Public assistance for the poor

Class 11: Reducing Health Inequities

Class 12: Reducing Environmental Inequities

Class 13: Reducing Inequalities in Education

Class 14: The Future of Inequality -- and You

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