Schooled By Stiglitz - Nobel Economist's 40-Minute Crash Course on EVERYTHING - The McFuture Podcast

5 years ago
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Ever get the urge to run all your wild theories by a Nobel Prize-winning economist? Well, I got to do just that with the former Chief Economist of the World Bank, Columbia University Professor, and author of: 

- People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent (https://amzn.to/2EsXwF1)
- The Euro: How a Common Currency Threatens the Future of Europe (https://amzn.to/38RXapy)
- The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future (https://amzn.to/2rMmeO5)

We left no stone unturned in a tight 40-minute tour-de-force that covered EVERYTHING, including:

Why investor "Peter Thiel should study a little economics"
Technological unemployment: will we have enough jobs for 10B people?
How to fix monopolies
Why innovation isn't working
What's the right amount/pace of immigration?
From pre-school to college, is education the great equalizer? 
Free markets vs. regulation 
Banking/Finance vs. values
Why inequality = anxiety
How to save a failing Europe, EU and Euro
Legitimacy of Brexit
Aging populations
Minimum Wage
Viability of free trade zones
Bernie Sanders/Donald Trump

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