Did you feel the effect of that tax cut earlier this year? With wages staying where they’ve been for several years, and inflation continuing, we talk to a 1 %er, Chuck Collins, about how he’s devoted his life to correcting the wealth gap. His new… Read More »Is Inequality in America Irreversible? with Chuck Collins
Mythbusters, White Rabbit Project, Punkin Chunkin – Kari Byron is associated with destroying stuff for fun and science. We get the behind the scenes stories of some of her more memorable, and destructive, learning experiences. And a peek into her new book, “Crash Test Girl:… Read More »Crash Test Girl with Kari Byron with Kari Byron
As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to figure out when you should accept funding, and how much control you give up for the dough. We talk to former venture capitalist and now professor Dileep Rao about what he’s learned from the more successful business… Read More »It’s All About the Benjamins with Dileep Rao
Some brick and mortar stores are still standing, and thriving, even as more shopping is being done online. So how do they do it? We get working strategies from Barbara Kahn, professor at The Wharton School, and author of “The Shopping Revolution: How Successful Retailers… Read More »To Shop, or Not to Shop (online): That is the Question with Barbara Kahn
Chris Kutarna, one of the authors of “Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance,” has a message: we’ve done this before. He discusses how major societal shifts happen because of revolutions, and how we’re experiencing it again right now, much… Read More »Renaissance of America with Chris Kutarna
The power is shifting to the people, or at least some other people, and tech companies can no longer be ignored, but is it too late for government regulation? We talk to Bill Janeway about his book “Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Reconfiguring the… Read More »Capitalism vs Control, and Where Does That Leave Us? with Bill Janeway
Cyrus Farivar is the Senior Technology Reporter at Ars Technica and the author of “Habeas Data: Privacy Vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech.” He spells out exactly how the courts, business, and government are working for, but mostly against, you and your privacy. Links:
Words are powerful, and a woman’s story is not just power for herself, but empowering to other women who might be thinking about staying silent. We talk with the co-author of “Your Story Is Your Power: Free Your Feminine Voice,” Susie Herrick about why it’s… Read More »Speak Up! with Susie Herrick
This week is more of an examination of history rather than of economics. In the first part, we talk to author Sharon Weinberger about her book “The Imagineers of War: The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World.” We cover ARPA… Read More »The Imagineers of War with Sharon Weinberger
In the second half of this week’s show, we talk to Daniel Kalder, author of “The Infernal Library: On Dictators, the Books They Wrote, and Other Catastrophes of Literacy.” This isn’t so much business, or economics, or technology, but it IS relevant. We discuss, among… Read More »The Infernal Library with Daniel Kalder
