Economics Episodes
Feb. 16, 2026
Capital Offence: Why some benefit at your expense. Talking with author Paul Musson.
If you feel the economy isn’t working for you and you don’t understand why. Read Capital Offence. Paul Musson lays out in non jargonese what ails the economy and what steps policy makers must take to get us back on track. Capitalism, not Democratic Socialism holds the answers.
Jan. 12, 2026
The Middle Class New Deal. Restoring Upward Mobility and the American Dream. Talking with Professor A. Mechele Dickerson.
The middle class in America has lost ground with stagnant wages, costly housing, declining retirement benefits while education and health costs soar. Congress needs to buttress the economic agenda that created the middle class in the 1940s and 50s.
May 30, 2024
Enough: Why it's time to abolish the Super Rich. Talking with author Luke Hildyard.
Too much wealth in too few hands ?
Feb. 8, 2023
Poverty and Inequality in California: Talking with Michael Tanner Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute.
California has the highest poverty rate in the nation. Burdened by over regulation, millions of Californians cannot afford a home, struggle to get well paid jobs and are short changed with subpar education.
Feb. 2, 2023
Freedom: Are we as free as we think ? In conversation with Ian Vasquez from the Cato Institute, co-author of the Human Freedom Index, published by the Cato Institute and the Fraser Institute.
The Human Freedom Index presents the state of human freedom in the world.
Oct. 12, 2022
The Nobel Prize for Economics, 2022. Talking with Professor Ludwig Chincarini, Professor of Finance, School of Management, University of San Francisco.
Commentary on the 2022 winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics.