Much has changed since the 1980s. Much of the public lives on thin ice these days. Their cultural and economic stability has been sold off for stable profit "growth", to national and international elite benefit. And that "growth" comes from gouging the public, ever more.

@@buzoff4642 It's not just that, but inflation was the demon of the 80s. We've injected $3.5T into the economy and put a floor under securities so that investors get a risk premium on their capital without being exposed to loss. The result is a soaring stock market, huge unemployment, and not a whiff of inflation. That wasn't supposed to be possible under supply side economics. Supply is supposed to create it's own demand, but who wants an economy airline ticket right now and we are pumping money through a fire house to stimulate demand. You would expect stagflation from supply shock with all that money supply entering the system.

@@needmorecowbell6895 "not a whiff of inflation" - because all the metrics to define "good" economy are industry metrics, not public impact metrics.

We are effed....

A H And the sexual assault thing. I mean literally the nadir of the neolib/neocon order is telling people to put up lawn signs for their preferred sexual deviant.

back around 1900, the stink arising in some states from corruption and incompetence led to establishing new constitutions in the states with the features of democracy: administration under referendum, initiative and recall. this was real 'progressive movement.' no relation to current progressives. it could be done in the federal sphere, if there were sufficient 'citizen' quality voters. but i think that is not the case. the solution for individuals is emigration. hard to find a suitable choice, that will have you. you could emigrate in place with subsistence farming. or drink a lot.

@@PurushaDesa they are not deviants. all too common.

@@alloomis1635, We need to change our society to make them deviants.

If we put things in deep freeze were gonna need a better system when we defrost it or we'll be completely f****d!!!

Great idea. To save time post the approx time the gems, diamonds, or nails are found in a podcast. Thanks from New Zealand.

@¿K Allayl? Both are bad.

Both parties "estimate" seems to have a problem,both look like elitist

Its happening already.China, Russia, Pakistan etc.

I'm glad the Petrodollar is finished now the World is free from USA & Neoliberalism will die

He carries his brothers horcrux in his pocket.

The dark side of the Force is immortal

@@@atypicaltexan3834 😝😝😝

India is reporting fewer deaths with self isolate. Fewer heart attacks, fewer traffic deaths, etc. Not likely unique to India.

@@tunneling-nanotubes Not surprised to hear that Andria. Clean air is Life 101.

@Mark Johhson "If we go back...", the obvious answer is, don't. Give up the baseball games, the trips to Disney, the etc. etc. Far too many, "Somebody[ else], do something!".

@@tunneling-nanotubes that happened when we were shrews.

@Mark Johhson I prefer animals to people + have worked with them 4 many yrs (human office politics did my head in - success/failure with animals is generally acknowledged when it occurs) but Animal Farm sets out why things ain't perfect no matter who is dominant .... Eg if Elephants destroy 2 much vegetation then deer suffer so big cats suffer etc ie dominance is the problem and we seek to find equalibrium. Always. Our problem is a very few wealthy people r pulling the strings of the billions of souls. Eg US citizens, because of their gov't/media aka corporate policy r blamed 4 the proliferation of wars and death in - 2 name 5: Syria, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq (As U know, 3 wars were aided by troops instructed by Obama/Biden/Clinton and 2nd 2 by George W Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld ie Repubs and Dems r same).

Right on!!!

They do have a very effective money transfer system (the only one they care about) that constantly flows uphill from the working class to international corporations.

Semimonthly

I have been listening and reading since 2017, really started my curiosity and interest in economics.Very grateful to Mark for making economics comprehensible and seem interesting which has allowed me now to get into and enjoy much drier stuff.

Got a link? Or a title?

@@MrNicoJac Check out Can a Pandemic Defeat the Politics of Austerity? It's in the most recent edition of Foreign Affairs and you should have free access. www.foreignaffairs.com/authors/mark-blyth

Bisquick I'm not opposed to quiches on principle - I just don't like onions and they're rarely left out of the recipe.

"I'm gonna drive 150 miles an hour on the highway, because I might crash and never reach my destination"

@Joakim von Anka purges historically target the poor instead tho

@Joakim von Anka "target the poor instead of the undesirables" sorry should've been more specific

i mean yeah, republicans are overwhelmingly wealthy. why have people forgotten this?

@Joakim von Anka I mean, is that really so far-fetched, when the purpose of the Republican party is basically to lower taxes and defend private property at any cost? "Republican candidates gain a significantly higher percentage of votes from individuals with incomes over $50,000 per year, and the advantage increases along with the income level, to a height of 63 percent of individuals earning $200,000 or more a year supporting Republicans." www.debt.org/faqs/americans-in-debt/economic-demographics-republicans/ And, yes, the US as a whole is the wealthiest country in the world, but that doesn't mean we lack a class of working poor unable to afford health services or nutritious food. Who overwhelmingly support Democrats despite their neoliberal turn in the 90's. And it's a small point, but it's not "50% of Americans who lean Republican." On top of needing the electoral college to win general presidential elections because the popular vote is out of their grasp, the Republican party has waged a nationwide campaign of vote suppression, effectively since the signing of the Voting Rights Act in the 60's "lost [the Democratic Party] the South," in the words of LBJ. And if you go to Page 10 of this study, you'll see some charts that show how Congress, regardless of the party controlling it, overwhelming votes based on the whims of the wealthiest 10% of US citizens while almost completely ignoring the rest of us, implying that that the public perception of Democrats as allies of the poor is currently mistaken, until the Squad takes over and Shahid Buttar ousts Pelosi and all that. scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf

Boom! They are preparing us for a "new normal"

david pearn Germany exported before the Euro with a hard currency. Also most exports go to other EU countries so the value of the euro matters less than there being the euro. Given the most profitable exports are high value commodities in niche markets it is also not like those are fully dependent on the currency, you will buy this special machinery to equip your assembly line on a planned schedule regardless of currency fluctuations because it took you years to plan this.

It's funny how many words you use to say nothing 😆 Please provide some details - what's Carrie's worldview, and how is she wrong?

@@MrNicoJac A solid 5 minutes of talking about how horrible Trump is for the things he says, and then the topic changes to Biden and where is he, and she says ~ "well, Biden isn't a wordsmith, maybe if he just stays quite it will work out..." Like, ummm, double standard much? lol

Biden is a joke but has he advocated for injecting disinfectant?

Don't you have some Fox News to watch or something? The adults here are talking.

@@thegreatestlight1 judging by past performance if you asked him unrehearsed he'd stumble over his words & fail to form a rational sentence. Which is awkward. Not that I have any problem with the orange shitgoblin testing out that IV Clorox treatment of his personally. Not much of a choice is it in the most powerful country in the world 🙄

Mike Grant Love these two, great balance.

¿K Allayl? You mean anyone with a brain knows trump is a joke And yeah trump is bad

¿K Allayl? There’s lots of reasons to dislike Trump and Obama For different reasons clearly trump shouldn’t be president He’s destroying the Republican Party every election since trump won has gone decisively to the Democratic Party or progressive Obama actually lied he campaigned that he was on the left to help the average citizen and when he got in he was a pro wall street leader like trump draining the swamp etc Trump is a conman and is breaking the law in lots of instances knowing that former presidents don’t get prosecuted which they should maybe next president will start not just with trump but with all republicans and democratic whoever broke the law It’s time to clean house

¿K Allayl? There’s lots of reasons not to like trump just like there are lots of reasons not to like Obama but there is certainly a difference in their leadership abilities Trump is breaking the law and as he knows very well that presidents after they retire do not go to jail no matter how many laws they have broken maybe if we change this process with the next administration they can start to prosecute both Democrats and Republicans and anyone who broken the law and maybe we can all start cleaning up the shit show that’s called Washington

¿K Allayl? Basically Whoever is running against trump Hopefully the DNC Reassess Biden

Yes in Birkhall near Balmoral.He wasn't in hospital but got tested before the front-line health workers.

because the corpos are powerful and rich and influential

explain it

@@mirmalchik Chlorine dioxide in very low dose can have some very positive effects. It's the "anything Trump says is crazy" that leads to all this confusion.

@@jeffmatheson116 So. Jim Humble, or Mark Grenon?

well that was unhelpful. really? okay so if somebody doesn't want to publicly insult someone, regardless of the reason, you have a problem with this? I got to be honest it speaks volumes about you!

What did Trump accomplish though?