Optimist Economy

By Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi

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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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Episode Date
Looking Beyond the Unemployment Rate
Aug 26, 2025
GDP Was Never Going to Make You Happy
Aug 19, 2025
How to Actually Help Young Men Struggling in Our Economy
Aug 12, 2025
What You Don’t Know About Poverty
Aug 05, 2025
Q&A Part 2: Working Two Jobs, Incentives vs. Handouts, the Gold Standard, and Government ROI
Jul 31, 2025
Q&A Part 1: Tax Philosophy, Liberal vs. Conservative Economists, Marriage vs. Poverty and More
Jul 29, 2025
A Million Reasons to Raise the Minimum Wage
Jul 22, 2025
Collective Bargaining Without the Unionization Battles
Jul 15, 2025
The Tax We’re 99.93% Sure That You Will Never Pay
Jul 08, 2025
About That College Grad Who Can’t Find a Job…
Jul 01, 2025
Simple Immigration Economics: Bigger is Better
Jun 24, 2025
Work Requirements Don’t Work
Jun 17, 2025
The U.S. is in the Hole. Will We Stop Digging?
Jun 10, 2025
College Rules! But Student Loans are a Hot Mess!
Jun 03, 2025
OE Lightning Round: Kathryn Edwards Takes Your Economy Questions
May 27, 2025
The Invisible Hand Doesn’t Want to Change Diapers
May 20, 2025
A Family Bill for a Shrinking U.S.
May 13, 2025
Progress is a Long Game
May 06, 2025
Paid Sick Days for Lady Gaga (and Everyone Else Too)
Apr 29, 2025
AI Suggested Five Horrible Titles for This Episode
Apr 22, 2025
Work Rules for the Modern World
Apr 15, 2025
Robin Loves a Tax Story
Apr 08, 2025
Social Security Don’t Miss
Apr 01, 2025
Is This a Recession or Not?
Mar 28, 2025
An Elegy for the DEI Boogeyman
Mar 25, 2025
All We've Tried is Nothing!
Mar 18, 2025
Welcome to Optimist Economy
Mar 17, 2025