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Economist Kathryn Anne Edwards and co-host Robin Rauzi talk about the fundamentals of the economy and how to build a better future one problem and solution at a time. Our premise is that the United States has remarkable economy — and yet for tens of millions of Americans it is not performing up to its potential. It could be more open to aspiring workers, less hostile to change, safer for workers, less risky for retirees, and so on.
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Looking Beyond the Unemployment Rate
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Aug 26, 2025 |
GDP Was Never Going to Make You Happy
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Aug 19, 2025 |
How to Actually Help Young Men Struggling in Our Economy
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Aug 12, 2025 |
What You Don’t Know About Poverty
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Aug 05, 2025 |
Q&A Part 2: Working Two Jobs, Incentives vs. Handouts, the Gold Standard, and Government ROI
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Jul 31, 2025 |
Q&A Part 1: Tax Philosophy, Liberal vs. Conservative Economists, Marriage vs. Poverty and More
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Jul 29, 2025 |
A Million Reasons to Raise the Minimum Wage
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Jul 22, 2025 |
Collective Bargaining Without the Unionization Battles
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Jul 15, 2025 |
The Tax We’re 99.93% Sure That You Will Never Pay
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Jul 08, 2025 |
About That College Grad Who Can’t Find a Job…
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Jul 01, 2025 |
Simple Immigration Economics: Bigger is Better
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Jun 24, 2025 |
Work Requirements Don’t Work
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Jun 17, 2025 |
The U.S. is in the Hole. Will We Stop Digging?
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Jun 10, 2025 |
College Rules! But Student Loans are a Hot Mess!
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Jun 03, 2025 |
OE Lightning Round: Kathryn Edwards Takes Your Economy Questions
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May 27, 2025 |
The Invisible Hand Doesn’t Want to Change Diapers
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May 20, 2025 |
A Family Bill for a Shrinking U.S.
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May 13, 2025 |
Progress is a Long Game
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May 06, 2025 |
Paid Sick Days for Lady Gaga (and Everyone Else Too)
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Apr 29, 2025 |
AI Suggested Five Horrible Titles for This Episode
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Apr 22, 2025 |
Work Rules for the Modern World
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Apr 15, 2025 |
Robin Loves a Tax Story
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Apr 08, 2025 |
Social Security Don’t Miss
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Apr 01, 2025 |
Is This a Recession or Not?
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Mar 28, 2025 |
An Elegy for the DEI Boogeyman
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Mar 25, 2025 |
All We've Tried is Nothing!
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Mar 18, 2025 |
Welcome to Optimist Economy
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Mar 17, 2025 |