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Mostly Economics
Hosted by Center for Economic and Policy Research and Dean Baker · EN
Mostly Economics is a weekly show hosted by Center for Economic and Policy Research Senior Economist and co-founder, Dean Baker, about ways US economic policies affect everyday lives—from household budgets to global trade relationships. New episode released every Thursday.
Producer and Art Direction: Lisa N. Burnam
Motion Designer: Arturo Valladolid
Production Interns: Madison Belo, Daniel Stone
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Mostly Economics Podcast #45: Nobody Wins a Trade War with Chad P. Bown
3d ago00:54:37Tap to summarizeChad Bown, Peterson Institute for International Economics economist, joins Dean Baker to discuss his new book (co-authored with Soumaya Keynes), How to Win a Trade War. They dig into the real gains from trade, why locking in agreements matters more than tariff levels, lessons from 1980s Japanese auto restraints, and why China's chokehold on rare earths and chips is the trade war actually worth fighting. --- Follow Chad P. Bown https://x.com/ChadBown https://bsky.app/profile/chadpbown.com Follow Dean Baker and CEPR https://x.com/deanbaker13 https://x.com/ceprdc https://bsky.app/profile/deanbaker13.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/ceprdc.bsky.social
Transcribe →Mostly Economics Podcast #44: How Patents Made Our Medicine Cost More with Tahir Amin
2w ago00:43:04Tap to summarizeOn this episode of Mostly Economics, Dean Baker talks with Tahir Amin, co-founder and CEO of I-MAK and co-author of Pharma Monopoly, about how drug patents drove up prices and blocked vaccines during the pandemic. Find out how a drug like Humira made $114 billion off patent monopolies and more. -- Follow Tahir Amin https://bsky.app/profile/tahiramin.bsky.social https://x.com/realtahiramin Follow Dean Baker and CEPR: https://x.com/deanbaker13 https://x.com/ceprdc https://bsky.app/profile/deanbaker13.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/ceprdc.bsky.social
Transcribe →Mostly Economics Podcast #43: Millions Lose Health Insurance with Sabrina Corlette
3w ago00:41:09Tap to summarizeThis week on Mostly Economics, Dean Baker talks with Sabrina Corlette, Research Professor at Georgetown University's Center on Healthcare Insurance Reforms, about the ramifications of Trump's one big ugly bill, which gutted Affordable Care Act coverage. People are grappling with expired subsidies as well as new rules that severely harm documented immigrants. Dean and Sabrina also discuss private equity's damage to our health care system. --- Follow Sabrina Corelette, J.D. https://x.com/SabrinaCorlette https://bsky.app/profile/sabrinacorlette.bsky.social Follow Dean Baker and CEPR: https://x.com/deanbaker13 https://x.com/ceprdc https://bsky.app/profile/deanbaker13.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/ceprdc.bsky.social
Transcribe →Mostly Economics Podcast #42: Hope is not a Plan with Matt Sedlar
4w ago00:44:05Tap to summarizeDean Baker sits down with CEPR climate analyst Matt Sedlar to unpack how Trump's cuts to FEMA and NOAA are leaving states, especially poorer Republican ones in Appalachia, dangerously exposed. They cover insurance markets pulling out of Florida and California, the fight over community driven relocation, and why real resiliency means building communities back stronger.Follow Matt Sedlar:https://x.com/mattsedlarhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattsedlar.bsky.social Follow Dean Baker and CEPR: https://x.com/deanbaker13 https://x.com/ceprdc https://bsky.app/profile/deanbaker13.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/ceprdc.bsky.social
Transcribe →Mostly Economics Podcast #41: Race, Jobs, and Justice under Trump with Algernon Austin
Jul 200:45:28Tap to summarizeAlgernon Austin, director of Race and Economic Justice at CEPR, joins Dean Baker to examine how the Trump administration is reversing black economic progress through DOGE cuts, military purges, weakened affirmative action, and the Supreme Court's assault on voting rights. They also discuss solutions, including a national jobs guarantee. --- Follow Algernon Austin https://bsky.app/profile/a-austin.bsky.social https://www.twitter.com/algernon_austin Follow Dean Baker and CEPR: https://x.com/deanbaker13 https://x.com/ceprdc https://bsky.app/profile/deanbaker13.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/ceprdc.bsky.social
Transcribe →Mostly Economics Podcast #40: Greenspan's Legacy and the New Fed Chair with Jared Bernstein
Jun 2500:46:59Tap to summarizeOn today's episode, Dean Baker and Jared Bernstein reflect on Alan Greenspan's legacy, from his bold full employment experiment in the 1990s to his failure to address financial bubbles. Jared and Dean speculate about what Kevin Warsh's Fed tenure could mean for workers and policy transparency at the Federal Reserve. -- Follow Jared Bernstein: https://econjared.substack.com Follow Dean Baker and CEPR: https://x.com/deanbaker13 https://x.com/ceprdc https://bsky.app/profile/deanbaker13.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/ceprdc.bsky.social
Transcribe →Mostly Economics Podcast #39: When Companies Run the Courts with Brendan Ballou
Jun 1800:40:12Tap to summarizeWhat if every new service contract you've signed secretly stripped away your right to sue? Senior Economist and CEPR co-founder Dean Baker speaks with Brendan Ballou, former federal prosecutor and founder of the Public Integrity Project, about his new book When Companies Run the Courts. From the McDonald's coffee case to the Supreme Court, forced arbitration is reshaping American justice and our rights. --Follow Brendan Ballou https://bsky.app/profile/brendanballou.bsky.socialhttps://www.instagram.com/brendanballou/ Follow Dean Baker and CEPR: https://x.com/deanbaker13https://x.com/ceprdchttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbaker13.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ceprdc.bsky.social
Transcribe →Mostly Economics Podcast 38: More Money, Less Problems with Arindrajit Dube
Jun 1100:50:56Tap to summarizeEconomist Arindrajit Dube joins Dean Baker to discuss his book The Wage Standard, making the case that higher wages create fewer economic problems than we've been told. They examine why the federal minimum wage has stagnated for over a generation and why sectoral wage standards may be the key to rebuilding the middle class.-- Follow Arindrajit Dubehttps://bsky.app/profile/arindube.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/arindubeFollow Dean Baker and CEPRhttps://x.com/DeanBaker13https://x.com/ceprdchttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbaker13.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ceprdc.bsky.social
Transcribe →Mostly Economics Podcast #37: South Korea, Shareholder Capitalism, and Trump with Ha-Joon Chang
Jun 400:40:07Tap to summarizeHa-Joon Chang, Cambridge economist and author, joins Dean Baker to discuss how South Korea went from one of the world's poorest countries to an economic powerhouse. They also dig into Trump's tariffs, shareholder capitalism, and the Iran war's ripple effects.Read Ha-Joonhttps://hajoonchang.net/writings/books-i-have-written Follow Dean Baker and CEPR: https://x.com/deanbaker13 https://x.com/ceprdc https://bsky.app/profile/deanbaker13.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/ceprdc.bsky.social
Transcribe →Mostly Economics Podcast #36: From AI Boom to AI Bubble with Ed Zitron
May 2800:42:29Tap to summarizeDean Baker sits down with Ed Zitron, CEO of Media Relations and Primary Research and one of the most prominent voices sounding the alarm on the AI bubble. They dig into Nvidia's ballooning valuation, data centers that exist mostly on paper, circular financing schemes, and why this bubble may be worse than the dot-com crash. The math isn't adding up for Dean or Ed. -- www.mostlyeconomics.com --Follow Ed Zitron: https://x.com/edzitron https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com Follow Dean Baker and CEPR: https://x.com/deanbaker13 https://x.com/ceprdc https://bsky.app/profile/deanbaker13.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/ceprdc.bsky.social
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