Trump scores big wins by taking cheap shots at experts. Now, some worry he could try to oust Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. The typical centrist position is to defend the supposedly impartial, apolitical expertise of such figures. Yet, we know that is not right. Is there a better way to imagine a better bank? The post Episode #4: The Secret Life of Central Bankers appeared first on Cited Podcast.
We're on break this week as everyone gears up for, and puzzles through, the results of this week's US election. However, we have an old Darts & Letters episode that is especially relevant to our ongoing season, the Use & Use of Economic Expertise. The post The WEF is Actually Bad, But Not Like That (Darts Re-Run) appeared first on Cited Podcast.
Clinton's Third Way Democrats moved the party away from the unionized industrial labour that typically made up its base. Today, Clintonism is out, and Bidenomics in. Bidenomics was marketed as a political and theoretical break. Yet, beyond November 5th, Bidenomics might too be out. We look at shifting landscape of economic thinking within the Democratic Party. The post Episode #2: From Rubinomics to Bidenomics appeared first on Cited Podcast.
We tell the story of the invention of the modern economy, or at least the idea of the economy. It starts with one measure: the GDP, or gross domestic product. Today, its a measure that dominates our politics. We have Simon Kuznets to thank for that. Yet, for Kuznets, the GDP was not what he hoped it would be. The post Episode #1: Simon Kuznets & the Invention of the Economy appeared first on Cited Podcast.
In our finale, while the fisherman and fisherwoman of Prince William Sound hope for legal damages stemming from the Exxon Valdez disaster, Exxon fights back. In that fight, they marshal the most-respected psychologist of a generation. The post Episode #7: The (ir)Rational Alaskans (pt. 3 of 3) appeared first on Cited Podcast.
A jury of ordinary Alaskans picks up the Exxon Valdez story. They muddle through the most devastating, and most complicated, environmental disaster in US history. How would they decide the case? The post Episode #6: The (ir)Rational Alaskans (pt. 2 of 3) appeared first on Cited Podcast.
After the unprecedented Exxon Valdez oil spill, a jury of ordinary Alaskans decided that Exxon had to be punished. However, Exxon fought back against their punishment. They did so, in-part, by supporting research that suggested jurors are irrational. This first part, an Alaskan Nightmare, covers the spill and its immediate effects. The post Episode #5: The (ir)Rational Alaskans (pt. 1 of 3) appeared first on Cited Podcast.
Early pollsters thought they had the psychological tools to quantify American mind, thereby enabling a truly democratic polity that would be governed by a rational public opinion. Today, we malign the misinformed public and dismiss the deluge of frivolous polls. How did the rational public become the phantom public? The post Episode #4: The (ir)Rational Voters appeared first on Cited Podcast.
In the late 60s and early 70s, Rochdale College was the heart of Canada's counterculture. It was widely condemned, before an ignominious end. But what really happened in the Hippie High-Rise? The post The Hippie High-Rise (Darts Re-Run) appeared first on Cited Podcast.
A group of landholding elites waged psychological warfare on the El Salvadoran people, and oppressed them for generations. When a psychologist and Jesuit priest defended the rationality of the people against their oppressors, he paid the ultimate price. The post Episode #3: The (ir)Rational Priests appeared first on Cited Podcast.
The psychological establishment has long pathologized diverse forms of sexual identity and gender expression. In the mid-century, a brave movement of gays and lesbians fought back. But in the process, who did they leave behind? The post Episode #2: The (ir)Rational Rainbow appeared first on Cited Podcast.
Every protest movement has been dismissed as a mere ‘mindless mob,’ caught in a psychological frenzy. Where did this idea come from, and why does it last? The post Episode #1: The (ir)Rational Mob appeared first on Cited Podcast.
The Rationality Wars tells stories about the political and intellectual battles to define rationality and irrationality. Behind every definition of rationality, somebody benefits, and somebody is… The post Introducing: The Rationality Wars (Season Trailer) appeared first on Cited Podcast.
For much of the 20th century, few economists studied inequality. Today, it's one of the most popular topics there is. Why is inequality back? Just as importantly, how could it have possibly disappeared? We survey the intellectual history of inequality studies in economics. The post Episode #3: The Disappearance & Return of Inequality Studies appeared first on Cited Podcast.
Hanford is the most-polluted place in America. On our last episode, you heard about the nuclear plant’s largely-forgotten history–how it poisoned the people living downwind. On our season finale: a nuclear safety auditor tries to get it shut down, the downwinders struggle for justice, and we take you into the plant itself. The post #9: America’s Chernobyl (2 of 2) appeared first on Cited Podcast.
Richland, Washington is a company town that sprang up almost overnight in the desert of South Eastern Washington. Its employer is the federal government, and its product is plutonium. Here, the official history is one of scientific achievement, comfortable houses, and good-paying jobs. But it doesn’t include the story of what happened after the bomb was dropped — neither in Japan, nor right there in Washington State. On part one of our two-part season finale, we tell the largely-forgotten story of the most toxic place in America. The post #8: America’s Chernobyl (1 of 2) appeared first on Cited Podcast.
On a daily basis, we are exposed to thousands of toxic chemicals. This is no accident; it is by design. They are everywhere – coating our consumer products, in our food packaging, being dumped into our lakes and sewers, and in countless other places. However, for the most part, regulators say that we need not worry. The post #7: The Poison Paradigm appeared first on Cited Podcast.
Medical experts are rushing to see which drugs might help treat COVID-19. There are dozens of candidates: Remdesivir, Hydroxycloroquin, Actemra, Kevzara, Favipiravir, the list goes on. They better pick the right one; because billions of dollars of public money is at stake, not to mention 100s of thousands — if not millions — of lives. The post #6: The Tamiflu Trials appeared first on Cited Podcast.
The town of Buxton, North Carolina loves their lighthouse. But in the 1970s, the ocean threatened to swallow it up. For the next three decades, they fought an intense political battle over what to do. Fight back against the forces of nature, or retreat? It’s a small preview of what’s to come in a time of rising seas. We team up with 99% Invisible to tell the story The post The Battle of Buxton (Rebroadcast) appeared first on Cited Podcast.
When genetically modified corn was found in the highlands of Mexico, Indigenous campesino groups took to the streets to protect their cultural heritage, setting off a 20-year legal saga. The post #5: Made of Corn appeared first on Cited Podcast.