The push to privatize Medicaid and other programs undermines those programs’ effectiveness. Josh Turek, Iowa Senate candidate, says it’s all an effort to maximize profits at the expense of patients.
Corporate leaders say raising the minimum wage will hurt the economy. Economist Kathryn Anne Edwards, host of Optimist Economy, says it's time to "call their bluff."
"Government didn't get in the way of growth, it got in the way of greed." Economist Kathryn Anne Edwards, host of the Optimist Economy, on labor market policy and corporate complacence.
Corporations have hoarded wealth and the only viable counterweight is government intervention. Jon Stewart and Economist Kathryn Anne Edwards discuss UBI, wage insurance and other ways to protect workers.
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon and Jon Stewart discuss AI, jobs disappearing, universal income, and whether tech CEOs are creating a dystopian future
"I think you can be a very, very famous person ... and I don't think you have to bow to those structures." Irish musician CMAT on the conversation surrounding Ed Sheeran, Robert Kraft, and Palestine