Still Separate and Unequal

We speak with Coco Rhum and Hebh Jamal about the effort to integrate the NYC school system. These are two of the most inspiring activists I’ve ever spoken to and I am excited to share these interviews!

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On Decolonization and Art

We speak with Greer Valley about why decolonization needs to be more than a metaphor. Greer Valley is a South African visual artist. You can find her work here.

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On Paul Volcker and The Federal Reserve

We speak with Michael W. Klein about the legacy of Paul Volcker and the importance of an independent Federal Reserve. Michael W. Klein is the William L. Clayton Professor of International Economic Affairs at The Fletcher School, Tufts University. He served as the chief economist in the Office of International Affairs of the United States Department of the Treasury from 2010-2011. He is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the founder, research director, and co-executive editor of EconoFact, a website that provides economic analysis on timely policy issues. He has been a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, and the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, New York, San Francisco and Dallas. His research and teaching focus on international macroeconomics.

President Barack Obama meets with Economic Recovery Advisory Board Chair Paul Volcker in the Oval Office January 21, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama meets with Economic Recovery Advisory Board Chair Paul Volcker in the Oval Office January 21, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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When Doctors Learned To Count: On the Importance of Public Health

We speak with Emily Banks on why public health is the answer to nearly everything. Professor Banks is a public health physician and epidemiologist with interest and expertise in large scale cohort studies, pharmacoepidemiology, women’s health, Aboriginal Health and healthy ageing. She currently leads the Epidemiology for Policy and Practice group at the Australian National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, Senior Advisor to the Sax Institute, Deputy Chair of the NHMRC Alcohol Working Group, Deputy Chair of the Heart Foundation Research Committee and a Visiting Professor at Oxford University.

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Will Universal Basic Income Set Us Free?

We speak with Lorena Lombardozzi about UBI. Lorena Lombardozzi is a Lecturer in Economics at the School of Social Sciences & Global Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at the Open University. She completed her PhD thesis in Economics at SOAS, University of London (fully funded by SOAS Economics dpt.) with a title ‘A nexus between the role of the state, market transition and food consumption: The case of Uzbekistan’. She holds a MSc from SOAS in Political Economy of Development (fully-funded).  She received a previous Masters in Development Economics from University La Sapienza of Rome, Italy. Before returning to academia Dr. Lombardozzi worked as a development economist in Latin America in 2014, in Uzbekistan for the regional office of UNODC in Central Asia from 2010 to 2012, and between 2007 and 2010 with the European Commission and the Italian Ministry of Foreign affairs in the field of development economics, trade and environmental policy.

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Tragedy of the Commons: The Amazon Fires in Brazil

We speak with Monica de Bolle about how we might stop the “carbon bomb” in the Amazon from going off. Monica de Bolle, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics since January 2017, was director for Latin American studies and emerging markets at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Named as "Honored Economist" in 2014 by the Order of Brazilian Economists for her contributions to the Brazilian policy debate, de Bolle focuses on macroeconomics, foreign exchange policy, monetary and fiscal policy, trade and inequality, financial regulation, and capital markets.

Her views on Brazil's economy and economic policy have been published widely by the international and Brazilian media. She contributes regularly to major Brazilian newspapers Exame, O Globo and O Estado de São Paulo.

Amazon fires 15-22 August 2019. NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview,

Amazon fires 15-22 August 2019. NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview,

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On Mental Health and Economic Justice

We speak with Tabita Green about income inequality and rates of mental illness. Tabita Green is an author, speaker, content strategist, and community organizer. In 2011, she left her high-powered corporate job to focus on family, health, and community building. After three years of research into mental health and resilience for her book, Her Lost Year, she believes humanity’s future health and happiness depends on the creation of resilient, sustainable communities and a society focused on equality, justice, and dignity for all people. Tabita discovered blogs over a decade ago and has been blogging ever since. Her blog at tabitagreen.com inspires readers to take action for personal wellness, social justice, and a sustainable future.

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Thinking Small: The Nobel Prize in Economics

We speak with Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven about the Nobel Prize in Economics (and what it says about the state of the economics profession). Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven is a Lecturer in International Development at the University of York. She is also founder and Editor of the blog Developing Economics, Associate Editor of The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, member of the Management Committee of the Association for Heterodox Economics, affiliated faculty at the University of Oslo’s Centre for Development and the Environment, member of the editorial board of Third World Thematics, member of Reteaching Economics, and founding advisory board member of Rethinking Economics – Norway.

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Has Instagram Ruined Architecture and Design?

We talk with Alexandra Lange about social media and design. Alexandra Lange is the architecture critic for Curbed and author of “The Design of Childhood: How the Material World Shapes Independent Kids.”

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Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) Explained. (I finally understand.)

We speak with Gerald Epstein about MMT. Gerald Epstein is Professor of Economics and a founding Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Epstein has written articles on numerous topics including financial crisis and regulation, alternative approaches to central banking for employment generation and poverty reduction, economists’ ethics and capital account management and capital flows and the political economy of financial markets and institutions.

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