Economics for Inclusive Prosperity

We need an alternative vision of economics to replace failed neoliberalism and rising economic nationalism. In a world facing record inequality, climate peril, and rising illiberalism, how do we build a more inclusive, more sustainable, more prosperous economy for everyone? This is the podcast of Economics for Inclusive Prosperity, a network of economists working to inspire new thinking in their field and highlight the transformative changes that are already happening.

Economics for Inclusive Prosperity is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 11 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #11

  How I learned to stop worrying and love the minimum wage

  Jun 5, 202654 minS0

  <p>When we talk about inclusive prosperity, what's top of mind is usually the 40-plus years of stagnation for the bottom 90% of American wage earners that began in the mid-1970s. It’s been the primary driver today’s record levels of inequality. University of Massachusetts economist Arin Dube has spent a significant portion of his career studying what caused that pay gap, which began with a decoupling of wage growth from productivity growth, and ways to address it. In fact, he’s been called the “go to guy on minimum wages” by Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. Now Dube has a new...

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  Episode #10

  Why agricultural R&D is helping less where it's needed most

  May 20, 20261h 7mS0

  <p>Today we’re talking about food, specifically agricultural R&D. The world’s population has grown from about 2 billion to 8 billion people in the last century. That’s a lot of mouths to feed. But the silver lining was that technology was advancing—particularly during the so-called “Green Revolution” from the 1940s to the 1980s when new high-yield grain varieties, fertilizers, and pesticides dramatically increased harvests in developing nations like Mexico and India. But during that time, economists were also developing an economic theory called the “inappropriate technology hypothesis.” It says that technological innovations developed for wealthy countries are specifically des...

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  Episode #9

  How meritocracy can help solve—or exacerbate—our inequality problem

  May 7, 202649 minS0

  <p>It’s a widely held belief in our society, even among groups that disagree with each other on other issues, that meritocracy is a public good. Broadly, meritocracy speaks to our innate sense of fairness—people should get what they deserve. But what exactly constitutes merit? In the dictionary, it’s defined as a “praiseworthy quality” or being deserving of praise. That’s about as subjective as it gets, since it depends entirely on the values of the person doing the praising. In academia, the definitions get more refined, but there is still disagreement. Is merit about “intrinsic excellence,” as defined by ph...

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  Episode #8

  Why we must teach today’s students the economics of inequality

  Apr 23, 202642 minS0

  <p>Today's college students will soon face a challenging job market that will potentially be made worse by AI. The cost of living is up, housing is painfully expensive, and future home ownership seems more like a cruel fantasy than the American Dream. And they know it’s tough out there. In fact, they’ve lived their entire lives in a world that’s been getting progressively less economically equal. They know the system is broken and that every day it gets more stacked against them. Our guest today, Boston College economics professor Can Erbil says those are pretty common worrie...

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  Episode #7

  Manufacturing won't save us—but the service sector might

  Apr 8, 202646 minS0

  <p>Creating "good jobs" is the holy grail of both politics and economics these days. The problem is that surveys show that most people don’t think they have one. In fact as many as 60 percent of Americans who are currently working say that. So where do we look for good jobs? For three successive presidencies, the answer has been the manufacturing sector, but Harvard economist Dani Rodrick says the evidence now shows that’s wrong. It’s a rethinking for Rodrik, the Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy and co-founder of the Reimagining the Economy Program at Harvard Kenned...

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