Economics Tagged Episodes

May 3, 2026

Karl Marx famously attempted to explain our social, political, and economic systems in terms of…

February 15, 2026

Governments and central banks set economic policies that affect us all. But how do those…

December 22, 2024

We all know our society is economically unequal: some people have more money and resources…

November 27, 2022

Money, they say, does not buy happiness; but having none can make life extraordinarily hard.…

July 18, 2021

Many of us might think that developed nations should lead the effort to end global…

May 2, 2021

Many people think that growing inequality, the rise of populism and nativism, and the decay…

March 28, 2021

We might ban buying or selling horse meat in the US not for the protection…

January 13, 2019

The United Nations predicts human population growth will surpass 9 billion around 2050. We know…

October 14, 2018

According to a report from the Jubilee Debt Campaign, there are currently 24 countries facing…

February 7, 2016

“Freedom” means the human capacity to choose among options, based on one’s own preferences and…

April 19, 2015

With the recent global economic crisis, many people wonder if our economic policies are built…

November 23, 2014

Global climate change confronts us not only with well-known pragmatic challenges, but also with less…

June 8, 2014

What philosophers, philosophies, or philosophical issues would you like to read up on over the…

March 13, 2011

Does our system of credit and money make upward social mobility possible for anyone willing…

May 9, 2006

Philosophical conceptions of justice have most often been directed at the nature of a just…

January 3, 2006

Does the value of preserving our environment conflict with the development of a world community…