Crapitalism

In this episode, Nate and Jerry decide to take a step back from the outright bashing of crapitalism to come at it from a more nuanced stance. Well... Maybe. This episode kicks off a multi-part series of what they're calling "The Pay Day" and will be discussing all things pay. Part 1 is all about what constitutes pay and the guys get into a discussion on where you can draw the line on pay. They also create some incredible new incentives for working at Minimally Useful that will hopefully catch on everywhere. Music: St. Louis Tickle by the Heftone Banjo Orchestra

To continue on the journey of applying for and accepting a new job, Nate and Jerry dive into the world of scoping out a potential employer, dealing with interviews in all their pain, negotiating that paycheck, and finally, what you should do once you start your new job. Additional Reading: Minimally Useful’s 10 Steps to a shitty resume Seeking Pain: Looking for a job in the Corporate Hellscape The Minimally Useful Industries Guide to Acing Your Interview in the Classical Stylings of Neil Strauss’ The Game Music: St. Louis Tickle by the Heftone Banjo Orchestra

Interviewing is a part of life and it totally sucks. In this episode Nate and Jerry go through the finer points of sprucing up a resume, including a couple of things you should definitely not do. Then they move on to the fun of going through the job boards and looking for something that piques your interest and wouldn't be a total disaster of a place to spend a bulk of your life. Also, in true Minimally Useful fashion, we recorded quite a bit more than we intended and instead of making you suffer through a super long episode, we've broken this into two parts... Basically we really hate looking for jobs. Additional Reading: Minimally Useful’s 10 Steps to a shitty resume Seeking Pain: Looking for a job in the Corporate Hellscape The Minimally Useful Industries Guide to Acing Your Interview in the Classical Stylings of Neil Strauss’ The Game Music: St. Louis Tickle by the Heftone Banjo Orchestra

Imagine creating a great new widget, going through the fun of getting a patent on it, and a company comes along and steals the idea anyway because there's no way you have enough money to defend yourself in court. This is what Robert Kearns experienced with Ford. In this episode, Nate and Jerry discuss the Robert Kearns story and all the other "features" of the patent landscape. Music: St. Louis Tickle by the Heftone Banjo Orchestra

An internship is a great way to get experience to help land your dream job. But what happens when that internship is unpaid. In this episode, Nate and Jerry go into what kind of jobs have unpaid internships, how prevalent they are, and how useful they think they are versus paid internships. Music: St. Louis Tickle by the Heftone Banjo Orchestra

Spying isn't just for James Bond. It can happen at work and it's not nearly as uncommon as people would love to believe. In this episode, Jerry and Nate dive into the ways that companies track their employees and explore some of the companies that are out there trying to make it even easier. Podcaster Note: Following this episode we will be dropping the frequency of our podcasts to start work on some other projects that we hope you will also enjoy. Music: St. Louis Tickle by the Heftone Banjo Orchestra

Welcome to the Gig Economy, or as the kids say these days, "Gettin' giggy wit it." In this episode, Nate and Jerry discuss the finer points of what the term gig economy means, who the main culprits are, and how they contributing to some down right crapitalism. Music: St. Louis Tickle by the Heftone Banjo Orchestra

Nothing says Crapitalism quite like a company ruining peoples lives all in the name of profit. And not many companies do that so well as Nestlé. In this episode, Nate and Jerry go through all the brands Nestlé is known for and just how they used them to wreck millions of lives. Correction to a statement we made in the podcast: Arrowhead and Poland Spring were originally not part of Nestlé unlike what we said in the podcast. Arrowhead was directly acquired by Nestlé in 1987 and Poland Spring was acquired when Nestlé acquired Perrier in 1992. Music: St. Louis Tickle by the Heftone Banjo Orchestra

Things aren't adding up? You aren't alone. In this episode, Nate and Jerry review some of the biggest conspiracies that surrounded business, most of which turned out to be true. This episode also includes and incredible recipe to boost home run performance.** Some of the greatest marketing to ever live that burned out too fast. The coke magi-can. Music: St. Louis Tickle by the Heftone Banjo Orchestra ** these statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, scientists or that creepy guy in the alley behind the local speedway.

Should you be below the poverty line if you work a full-time job? Most definitely not. But what happens when the minimum wage paid to people working full time isn't enough to cover their basic needs? Nate and Jerry take a look at the state of minimum wage in the United States. They discuss some of the messed up and peculiar state laws before leading into some ingenius ideas on how to fix the system. Image mentioned in the beginning of the episode: here. Music: St. Louis Tickle by the Heftone Banjo Orchestra

Ever wonder where your money goes when you donate to a charity? It goes to helping people or animals in need right? Well not always and that's what Non-profiteering is all about. Jerry and Nate discuss the incredibly bad ways some charities use the money given to them including Nate's own experience while working for a non-profit. They also discuss the way billionaires are taking advantage of something called a Donor-advised Fund. Music: St. Louis Tickle by the Heftone Banjo Orchestra

Jerry and Nate discuss the way that corporate fines have become just the cost of doing business. Fines are not the swift blow to companies that wrong society. They have just become a minor inconvenience and are ever more becoming part of corporate business planning.  Music: St. Louis Tickle by the Heftone Banjo Orchestra "This is fine" dog art by reddit user goop109

Fancy a free fall in business? Didn't think so. Now what if you could throwing open your golden parachute to lessen the impact. Well you better be a high level executive otherwise you're probably gonna hit hard enough to leave a mark on the ground. In this episode Nate and Jerry discuss the origin of the golden parachute and share some of history's greatest examples of just how absurd they can get.  Here is a a link to the chart discussed in the podcast about the timeline for the rise of the golden parachute: chart. Here is a link to the timeline showing worker productivity vs compensation: chart. Music: St. Louis Tickle by the Heftone Banjo Orchestra

Your time is being stolen. In this episode, Nate and Jerry tell you how. Muffled Screams and Broken Dreams Series Music: St. Louis Tickle by the Heftone Banjo Orchestra

In this episode, Nate and Jerry break down Boomer economics and give a very brief overview of their research into Boomer culture and ideology. After reviewing the driving forces behind Boomer choice making, they apply their findings to how it's driven the latest trend in GameStop stonks. In the end, it's the logical path we all followed to get here given the Boomer mindset but we're still glad to see what's happening and share that feeling with a Titantic reference. Godspeed and 💎 🤲 Minimally Useful Guide to Boomers Here's the twitter Sea Shanty written by reddit user quigonshin and performed by reddit user Bombxing