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Maia Mindel is an economics graduate and Master's student in urban economics. She writes at Some Unpleasant Arithmetic.
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Join Samantha and guest Maia Mindel as they talk about Trump's latest attack on the Federal Reserve, give some historical context for central bank independence, and struggle with the difficult question of how to balance technocratic expertise with democratic accountability. Plus some cats. Neon Liberalism can be heard
What statistical forgery in other regimes can tell us about what to expect.
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Tariffs were central to mercantilist economic policy—deployed to generate funding for government, protection for industries, or pain for enemies. But can or will tariffs be put to a genuinely public-spirited use for today's United States? Samantha, Jason, and guest Maia Mindel talk about purposes and consequences of
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Are we living through a crisis in gender relations? Maia Mindel joins Samantha and Jason to talk about abortion bans, trans rights, MeToo, "male loneliness," declining birthrates, and most of all the decline of the patriarchal bargain and what might replace it. Do Women Need Men?Podcast Episode
Conservatives recently had an apoplectic fit over Bud Light’s product placement making some sort of partnership with transgender TikTok personality Dylan Mulvaney. There have also been conservative freakouts at Mulvaney partnering with Nike, a man screaming obscenities over a Lego pride set, and around one stupidly outraged viral tweet
Our media is obsessed with wealth inequality. From Succession to The White Lotus, with Parasite and Triangle of Sadness taking big-screen accolades, the comings and goings of the ultra-rich are of mass interest. This, of course, coincides with a surge in wealth inequality. The share of the pie going to
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