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Mostly Economics Podcast: What Economists Got Wrong with Heather Boushey

Mostly Economics Podcast: What Economists Got Wrong with Heather Boushey

Update: 2025-10-02
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Dean Baker speaks with Heather Boushey, former Council of Economic Advisers member and current Professor of Practice at UPenn's Climate Center for Energy Policy, about the Biden administration's economic legacy. They discuss the historic manufacturing boom, infrastructure investments in left-behind communities, why economic forecasting models failed, and record wage gains for low-income workers.

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Mostly Economics Podcast: What Economists Got Wrong with Heather Boushey

Mostly Economics Podcast: What Economists Got Wrong with Heather Boushey