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Rosie Collington
Social Scientist

Ian Bremmer
Interview host

Beth Akers
Non-profit executive

Jonathan Haidt
Author

Christine Porath
Author

Brooke Harrington
Author

Mirta Galesic
Social Scientist

Matthew Desmond
Author

Matt McManus
Author

Jon Askonas
Social Scientist

Nicholas Christakis
Physician

John DeMartini
Author
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868: Fostering the Sense of Community at Work with Christine Porath
Christine Porath discusses why community is critical to well-being and shares powerful examples of how to build it in the workplace. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The astounding benefits of a sense of community. 2) The one thing to avoid with community-building activities. 3) How vulnerability leads to richer communities. S
We hear a lot about student debt in the news these days, but why has college gotten so expensive to begin with? My colleague Beth Akers joins Political Economy to discuss that question and to weigh in on the Biden administration's moratorium on student loan repayment. Beth is a senior fellow here at the American Enterp
3095 - How Consultancy Undermines Our Government & Its Functions w/ Rosie Collington
Happy Monday! Sam and Emma host Rosie Collington, Ph.D candidate at University College London, to discuss her recent book The Big Con: How The Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments, And Warps Our Economies, co-authored with Mariana Mazzucato. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on
Why do we fight? It’s a seemingly simple question, but it turns out the answers are surprising, deep and crucial to understanding our world. Considering how costly any conflict is in lives and money, why do wars happen at all? This is one of those episodes that will change how you view some of our most important issues
Season 5 Episode 17: Matt McManus on Matt Walsh + A Dialogue w/Christine Sypnowich
In the first half of the main show, Political Science prof and Jacobin contributor Matt McManus joins Ben Burgis to discuss his new article about another, much more unpleasant Matt--Matt Walsh. In the second half, we replay Ben's dialogue at a Boston Review event last week with socialist philosopher Christine Sypnowich
Brooke Harrington on Offshore Wealth as a Complex System
The modern world is large and interconnected, and there are a lot of systems that might be important to how it functions but about which most people are barely aware. One of these is the offshore wealth management network, which wealthy individuals can use both legitimately (to invest and plan their money) and less leg