What is the \u201ctrick\u201d in \u201ctrickle down\u201d economics? It\u2019s how wealthy elites and their neoliberal lackeys convince you that what\u2019s good for them (tax cuts, deregulation, etc.) is good for you\u2026 and that policies like the minimum wage, overtime, and paid sick leave will ruin the economy. Economics is a story we tell ourselves to help explain who gets what, and why. In this episode, which we\u2019re re-issuing for the holidays because it\u2019s just so dang good, we explore how to tell a better story.<\/p>
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Yuval Noah Harari is the author of international bestsellers: Sapiens:<\/em> A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, <\/em>and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. <\/em>He is a professor in the Department of History at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.\u00a0<\/p> Twitter: @yuvalharari<\/a><\/p> Facebook: @Prof.Yuval.Noah.Harari<\/a><\/p> Instagram: @yuval_noah_harari<\/a><\/p> Molly Crockett is the director of the Crockett Lab and an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Yale University. She is also a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics.<\/p> Twitter: @mollycrockett<\/a><\/p> Further reading:<\/p> A threat, not a theory: https:\/\/democracyjournal.org\/magazine\/41\/a-threat-not-a-theory\/<\/a><\/p> To my fellow plutocrats: you can cure Trumpism: https:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2017\/07\/18\/to-my-fellow-plutocrats-you-can-cure-trumpism-215347<\/a><\/p> Our website: http:\/\/pitchforkeconomics.com\/<\/a><\/p> Our twitter: @PitchforkEcon<\/a><\/p> Our instagram: @pitchforkeconomics<\/a><\/p> Nick\u2019s twitter: @NickHanauer<\/a><\/p>\n \n
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