Pitchfork Economics
@pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social
A 🔥 podcast about who gets what and why in the economy with zillionaire class traitor Nick Hanauer. Listen (ad-free) wherever you get your podcasts.
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This week, @benmckenzie.bsky.social joins Nick & Goldy to talk about the book he co-authored with journalist Jacob Silverman, Easy Money, which exposes the trillion-dollar scam that’s rotting our financial system from the inside.
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🎧 Listen here: buff.ly/HNdCUcE
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This week, @benmckenzie.bsky.social joins Nick & Goldy to talk about the book he co-authored with journalist Jacob Silverman, Easy Money, which exposes the trillion-dollar scam that’s rotting our financial system from the inside.
🎧 Listen here: buff.ly/HNdCUcE
🎧 Listen here: buff.ly/HNdCUcE
It's Corporate America’s favorite trick: fire workers, boost the stock price. Giants like Google, Citigroup & UPS have laid off thousands of workers while spending billions buying back their own stock.
Read the comic that exposes this heist: buff.ly/E8ewYjI
Read the comic that exposes this heist: buff.ly/E8ewYjI
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
It's Corporate America’s favorite trick: fire workers, boost the stock price. Giants like Google, Citigroup & UPS have laid off thousands of workers while spending billions buying back their own stock.
Read the comic that exposes this heist: buff.ly/E8ewYjI
Read the comic that exposes this heist: buff.ly/E8ewYjI
Corporations are on track to spend $1.3 trillion on stock buybacks this year, so we’re re-sharing our 2019 episode with @corybooker.com on how buybacks became legal market manipulation & how to stop this Trillion Dollar Heist.
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📖 Read the comic: bindings.app/read/7mINYO2H
🎧 Listen: buff.ly/pMmuuDT
📖 Read the comic: bindings.app/read/7mINYO2H
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Corporations are on track to spend $1.3 trillion on stock buybacks this year, so we’re re-sharing our 2019 episode with @corybooker.com on how buybacks became legal market manipulation & how to stop this Trillion Dollar Heist.
🎧 Listen: buff.ly/pMmuuDT
📖 Read the comic: bindings.app/read/7mINYO2H
🎧 Listen: buff.ly/pMmuuDT
📖 Read the comic: bindings.app/read/7mINYO2H
@theameilee.bsky.social nails it: when exploitation is profitable, even the good companies lose. That’s why it’s on governments to build markets that don’t profit from abuse.
🎧 Listen to how smarter trade policy can level the playing field—and make decency a competitive advantage.
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🎧 Listen to how smarter trade policy can level the playing field—and make decency a competitive advantage.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
@theameilee.bsky.social nails it: when exploitation is profitable, even the good companies lose. That’s why it’s on governments to build markets that don’t profit from abuse.
🎧 Listen to how smarter trade policy can level the playing field—and make decency a competitive advantage.
➡️ buff.ly/WiTrMxA
🎧 Listen to how smarter trade policy can level the playing field—and make decency a competitive advantage.
➡️ buff.ly/WiTrMxA
Building a pro-worker economy shouldn’t be partisan. Investing in clean energy and good jobs should be a red, white, and blue issue—but for today’s GOP, nothing matters more than cutting taxes for the rich.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Building a pro-worker economy shouldn’t be partisan. Investing in clean energy and good jobs should be a red, white, and blue issue—but for today’s GOP, nothing matters more than cutting taxes for the rich.
🎧➡️ buff.ly/WiTrMxA
🎧➡️ buff.ly/WiTrMxA
When companies outsource and subcontract their supply chains, they also outsource accountability.
🎧 Hear @theameilee.bsky.social explain why enforcing labor rights across global supply chains isn’t just moral—it’s economic common sense.
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🎧 Hear @theameilee.bsky.social explain why enforcing labor rights across global supply chains isn’t just moral—it’s economic common sense.
➡️ buff.ly/WiTrMxA
November 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
When companies outsource and subcontract their supply chains, they also outsource accountability.
🎧 Hear @theameilee.bsky.social explain why enforcing labor rights across global supply chains isn’t just moral—it’s economic common sense.
➡️ buff.ly/WiTrMxA
🎧 Hear @theameilee.bsky.social explain why enforcing labor rights across global supply chains isn’t just moral—it’s economic common sense.
➡️ buff.ly/WiTrMxA
Global trade shouldn’t come at the cost of basic human rights.
🎧 Listen now to hear how centering workers in trade policy can build a stronger and more equitable global economy.
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🎧 Listen now to hear how centering workers in trade policy can build a stronger and more equitable global economy.
➡️ buff.ly/WiTrMxA
October 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Global trade shouldn’t come at the cost of basic human rights.
🎧 Listen now to hear how centering workers in trade policy can build a stronger and more equitable global economy.
➡️ buff.ly/WiTrMxA
🎧 Listen now to hear how centering workers in trade policy can build a stronger and more equitable global economy.
➡️ buff.ly/WiTrMxA
The shutdown didn’t happen by accident. Republicans refused to fund ACA subsidies—so 22M Americans face higher premiums.
Now SNAP is being cut off for 42M families. All to protect billionaire tax cuts.
@lilyroberts.bsky.social explained in June how gutting SNAP hurts communities: buff.ly/SHgHAd6
Now SNAP is being cut off for 42M families. All to protect billionaire tax cuts.
@lilyroberts.bsky.social explained in June how gutting SNAP hurts communities: buff.ly/SHgHAd6
October 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The shutdown didn’t happen by accident. Republicans refused to fund ACA subsidies—so 22M Americans face higher premiums.
Now SNAP is being cut off for 42M families. All to protect billionaire tax cuts.
@lilyroberts.bsky.social explained in June how gutting SNAP hurts communities: buff.ly/SHgHAd6
Now SNAP is being cut off for 42M families. All to protect billionaire tax cuts.
@lilyroberts.bsky.social explained in June how gutting SNAP hurts communities: buff.ly/SHgHAd6
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Trade isn’t just about goods—it’s about power.
@theameilee.bsky.social explains how ignoring labor rights in global trade fueled inequality and political instability, and why trade must start with workers, not corporations.
🎧 The last episode of our Trade series is live ➡️ buff.ly/WiTrMxA
@theameilee.bsky.social explains how ignoring labor rights in global trade fueled inequality and political instability, and why trade must start with workers, not corporations.
🎧 The last episode of our Trade series is live ➡️ buff.ly/WiTrMxA
October 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Trade isn’t just about goods—it’s about power.
@theameilee.bsky.social explains how ignoring labor rights in global trade fueled inequality and political instability, and why trade must start with workers, not corporations.
🎧 The last episode of our Trade series is live ➡️ buff.ly/WiTrMxA
@theameilee.bsky.social explains how ignoring labor rights in global trade fueled inequality and political instability, and why trade must start with workers, not corporations.
🎧 The last episode of our Trade series is live ➡️ buff.ly/WiTrMxA
The U.S. needs a prosperous Mexico — not just a source of cheap labor. Stability, security, and shared growth are impossible with deep inequality between neighbors. North America’s future has to be cooperative — not extractive.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The U.S. needs a prosperous Mexico — not just a source of cheap labor. Stability, security, and shared growth are impossible with deep inequality between neighbors. North America’s future has to be cooperative — not extractive.
🎧➡️ buff.ly/05o45ZT
🎧➡️ buff.ly/05o45ZT
The Mexican–American auto supply chain isn’t about offshoring — it’s about collaboration and modernization.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The Mexican–American auto supply chain isn’t about offshoring — it’s about collaboration and modernization.
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🎧➡️ buff.ly/05o45ZT
Mexico did everything the textbook said — liberalized, opened to trade, integrated with the U.S., and still ended up stuck in no man’s land, de-industrialized, and falling further behind.
This is why real-world economics ≠ theory.
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This is why real-world economics ≠ theory.
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October 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Mexico did everything the textbook said — liberalized, opened to trade, integrated with the U.S., and still ended up stuck in no man’s land, de-industrialized, and falling further behind.
This is why real-world economics ≠ theory.
🎧➡️ buff.ly/05o45ZT
This is why real-world economics ≠ theory.
🎧➡️ buff.ly/05o45ZT
Trade economists promised North America would dominate China + Europe if Mexico provided labor and the United States and Canada brought capital and innovation. That was the theory.
What actually happened reshaped politics across all three countries.
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What actually happened reshaped politics across all three countries.
Listen to the full episode 🎧➡️ buff.ly/05o45ZT
October 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Trade economists promised North America would dominate China + Europe if Mexico provided labor and the United States and Canada brought capital and innovation. That was the theory.
What actually happened reshaped politics across all three countries.
Listen to the full episode 🎧➡️ buff.ly/05o45ZT
What actually happened reshaped politics across all three countries.
Listen to the full episode 🎧➡️ buff.ly/05o45ZT
After NAFTA, Mexico became a global export giant. So why didn’t living standards rise?
Economist Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid joins us this week to unpack the brutal asymmetry of NAFTA, which made capital free to move, but not labor.
🎧Episode 6 of our Trade series is live ➡️ buff.ly/05o45ZT
Economist Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid joins us this week to unpack the brutal asymmetry of NAFTA, which made capital free to move, but not labor.
🎧Episode 6 of our Trade series is live ➡️ buff.ly/05o45ZT
October 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
After NAFTA, Mexico became a global export giant. So why didn’t living standards rise?
Economist Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid joins us this week to unpack the brutal asymmetry of NAFTA, which made capital free to move, but not labor.
🎧Episode 6 of our Trade series is live ➡️ buff.ly/05o45ZT
Economist Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid joins us this week to unpack the brutal asymmetry of NAFTA, which made capital free to move, but not labor.
🎧Episode 6 of our Trade series is live ➡️ buff.ly/05o45ZT
Paid sick leave is expanding — 80% of US workers have access, up from 63% in 2012. Not because Congress acted — but because voters forced it. Alaska + Nebraska passed it in 2024. Missouri voters passed it too — then politicians killed it, stripping protections from 728,000 workers.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Paid sick leave is expanding — 80% of US workers have access, up from 63% in 2012. Not because Congress acted — but because voters forced it. Alaska + Nebraska passed it in 2024. Missouri voters passed it too — then politicians killed it, stripping protections from 728,000 workers.
buff.ly/dmFPd7C
buff.ly/dmFPd7C
American billionaires just hit a record $7.6 trillion in wealth — up $4.7 trillion (160%) since the Trump-GOP tax law in 2017, and more than half of it has never been taxed.
This is what happens when you design a tax code that systematically rewards wealth over work.
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This is what happens when you design a tax code that systematically rewards wealth over work.
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October 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
American billionaires just hit a record $7.6 trillion in wealth — up $4.7 trillion (160%) since the Trump-GOP tax law in 2017, and more than half of it has never been taxed.
This is what happens when you design a tax code that systematically rewards wealth over work.
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This is what happens when you design a tax code that systematically rewards wealth over work.
buff.ly/rSoY2xP
Economist Mark Zandi warns that 22 states and D.C. are already showing signs of recession — with California and New York “treading water.”
Trump’s tariffs, layoffs, and deportations are hitting farm and factory states hardest.
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Trump’s tariffs, layoffs, and deportations are hitting farm and factory states hardest.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Economist Mark Zandi warns that 22 states and D.C. are already showing signs of recession — with California and New York “treading water.”
Trump’s tariffs, layoffs, and deportations are hitting farm and factory states hardest.
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Trump’s tariffs, layoffs, and deportations are hitting farm and factory states hardest.
buff.ly/QCQi2JO
What did “free trade” really do for North America?
Journalist and author @lukewsavage.bsky.social says it made both countries more unequal —empowering corporations while weakening workers and democracy.
🎧 Episode 5 of our Trade series is live ➡️ buff.ly/qOfLlTR
Journalist and author @lukewsavage.bsky.social says it made both countries more unequal —empowering corporations while weakening workers and democracy.
🎧 Episode 5 of our Trade series is live ➡️ buff.ly/qOfLlTR
October 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What did “free trade” really do for North America?
Journalist and author @lukewsavage.bsky.social says it made both countries more unequal —empowering corporations while weakening workers and democracy.
🎧 Episode 5 of our Trade series is live ➡️ buff.ly/qOfLlTR
Journalist and author @lukewsavage.bsky.social says it made both countries more unequal —empowering corporations while weakening workers and democracy.
🎧 Episode 5 of our Trade series is live ➡️ buff.ly/qOfLlTR
If someone could let the White House know, by making imports more expensive with new tariffs, all you’ve done is actually made things worse for people by increasing their taxes.
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October 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If someone could let the White House know, by making imports more expensive with new tariffs, all you’ve done is actually made things worse for people by increasing their taxes.
🎧 ➡️ buff.ly/vinrKSa
🎧 ➡️ buff.ly/vinrKSa
Globalization wasn’t workers competing—it was elites extracting.
When profits got funneled to wealthy shareholders instead of into workers' paychecks, everyone lost.
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When profits got funneled to wealthy shareholders instead of into workers' paychecks, everyone lost.
🎧 👉 buff.ly/vinrKSa
October 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Globalization wasn’t workers competing—it was elites extracting.
When profits got funneled to wealthy shareholders instead of into workers' paychecks, everyone lost.
🎧 👉 buff.ly/vinrKSa
When profits got funneled to wealthy shareholders instead of into workers' paychecks, everyone lost.
🎧 👉 buff.ly/vinrKSa
Every time you spend a dollar, it ripples through the global economy. Everything we do—work, save, buy—links us together.
That’s not abstract—That’s the reality of a truly global economy.
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That’s not abstract—That’s the reality of a truly global economy.
🎧 👉 buff.ly/vinrKSa
October 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Every time you spend a dollar, it ripples through the global economy. Everything we do—work, save, buy—links us together.
That’s not abstract—That’s the reality of a truly global economy.
🎧 👉 buff.ly/vinrKSa
That’s not abstract—That’s the reality of a truly global economy.
🎧 👉 buff.ly/vinrKSa
Trade wars aren’t really about countries—they’re about classes.
Economist Matthew C. Klein joins Nick & Goldy to expose how elites suppress wages, hoard profits, and rig the global economy against workers everywhere.
🎧 Episode 4 of our Trade series ➡️ buff.ly/vinrKSa
Economist Matthew C. Klein joins Nick & Goldy to expose how elites suppress wages, hoard profits, and rig the global economy against workers everywhere.
🎧 Episode 4 of our Trade series ➡️ buff.ly/vinrKSa
October 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Trade wars aren’t really about countries—they’re about classes.
Economist Matthew C. Klein joins Nick & Goldy to expose how elites suppress wages, hoard profits, and rig the global economy against workers everywhere.
🎧 Episode 4 of our Trade series ➡️ buff.ly/vinrKSa
Economist Matthew C. Klein joins Nick & Goldy to expose how elites suppress wages, hoard profits, and rig the global economy against workers everywhere.
🎧 Episode 4 of our Trade series ➡️ buff.ly/vinrKSa
Trade debates still obsess over steel and tariffs, while the U.S. quietly runs a $700 billion digital trade surplus. That’s the size of all of France’s exports, but traditional trade stats don’t show it.
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October 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Trade debates still obsess over steel and tariffs, while the U.S. quietly runs a $700 billion digital trade surplus. That’s the size of all of France’s exports, but traditional trade stats don’t show it.
🎧 ➡️ buff.ly/91gHB84
🎧 ➡️ buff.ly/91gHB84
Prosperity follows complexity. Societies that build sophisticated things thrive. Those that don’t—stagnate.
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October 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Prosperity follows complexity. Societies that build sophisticated things thrive. Those that don’t—stagnate.
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🎧 ➡️ buff.ly/91gHB84