Media
THE REMNANT – Reciprocal Deficit Deficiency
March 12, 2025 | LISTEN >
NPR – As consumer confidence sinks, President Trump continues to blame Biden administration
Mark 7, 2025 | LISTEN >
MARKETPLACE – How low can unemployment go?
February 18, 2025 | LISTEN >
THE BULWARK: MONA CHAREN – Debunking Populist Myths
February 17, 2025 | WATCH >
FOX BUSINESS – Trump tariffs have ‘severe negative economic consequences’ that offset his ‘strong’ agenda
February 11, 2025 | WATCH >
CNBC: SQUAWKBOX – Spending and debt fights ahead in 2025: Here’s what to expect
December 27, 2024 | WATCH >
MARKETPLACE – Minimum wages will rise in more states and cities in 2025
December 24, 2024 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWKBOX – Trump’s credit card cap proposal would hurt the very people it’s deigned to help
December 2, 2024 | WATCH >
NIKKI HALEY LIVE – Solutions for Tackling Fiscal Challenges
November 20, 2024 | LISTEN >
MARKETPLACE – How Economic Inequality Has and Hasn’t Change Since the Pandemic
November 18, 2024 | LISTEN >
HINCKLEY INSTITUTE OF POLITICS – Societal Impact Seminar Series
October 29, 2024 | WATCH >
FOX BUSINESS – The Economic Impact of Recent Hurricane Events
October 10, 2024 | WATCH >
MOODY’s TALKS – Michael Strain on the Jobs Report
October 4, 2024 | LISTEN >
NPR – Bad Economics, smart politics
September 16, 2024 | LISTEN >
ECONOFACT – Generative AI’s Disruption: Is this Time Really Different?
September 15, 2024 | LISTEN >
NPR – How would a potential 2nd Trump administration approach economic growth?
September 12, 2024 | LISTEN >
AEI – Defending the American Dream
September 5, 2024 | WATCH >
PBS NEWSHOUR – Comparing Trump’s and Harris’ differing ideas on how to boost the economy
September 4, 2024 | WATCH >
CNBC: SQUAWKBOX – Jobs Data and Next Moves from the Fed
August 15, 2024 | WATCH >
CNBC – Why U.S. Consumers Feel So Broke
August 15, 2024 | WATCH >
WALL STREET WEEK – The Domestic Economics of International Trade
August 10, 2024 | WATCH >
NPR – As new tech threatens jobs, Silicon Valley promotes no-strings cash aid
July 22, 2024 | READ >
SILICONSCIOUSNESS – A Conversation with an AI Optimist
July 12, 2024 | LISTEN >
MARKETPLACE – A closer look at wage measures hints at why consumers still feel gloomy
July 4, 2024 | LISTEN >
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN CIVICS DEBATE – Is the American Dream Dying?
March 21, 2024 | WATCH >
MUNK DEBATES –
Be it Resolved, American workers have never had it so good
March 28, 2024 | LISTEN >
ECONOFACT – Moving Away from the Economics of Grievance
March 24, 2024 | LISTEN >
MARKETPLACE – Economic issues at the annual CPAC meeting
February 19, 2024 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWKBOX – The trajectory of the US economy
February 1, 2024 | WATCH >
OPEN TO DEBATE – Is the American Dream in Decline?
January 19, 2024 | LISTEN >
DAVOS 2024 – Modern Supply-Side Economics: Two Years On
January 17, 2024 | WATCH >
NPR – Why good economic news doesn't always translate to happiness
January 12, 2024 | LISTEN >
NPR – Five reasons why Americans and economists can't agree on the economy
January 8, 2024 | LISTEN >
THE MACROCAST – Jobs, jobs, and more jobs
January 5, 2024 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWKBOX – The Fed wants to tighten the overall financial conditions
December 27, 2023 | WATCH >
THE REMNANT – Deal or New Deal
December 27, 2023 | LISTEN >
MOODY’S TALKS – Rates, Rents, and Ramen
December 15, 2023 | LISTEN >
AEI – Fed Governor Waller Says He’s Confident Inflation Is Headed Back to 2 Percent
November 28, 2023 | READ >
AEI – Israel’s Economic Resilience in a Time of War: A Conversation with Noach Hacker
November 9, 2023 | WATCH >
CNBC – Workers could lose bargaining power as labor market cools
September 20, 2023 | WATCH >
NPR: PLANET MONEY – Wait – did we really need to raise rates?
September 14, 2023 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWK BOX – Breaking down the latest batch of CPI data
September 13, 2023 | WATCH >
RICOCHET: Q & A HOSTED BY JAY NORDLINGER – Of Economics and Termites
September 1, 2023 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWK BOX – Discussing the July CPI Report
August 11, 2023 | WATCH >
CNBC: POWERLUNCH – Discussing Recent Labor Strikes
July 20, 2023 | WATCH >
BLOOMBERG: STEPHANOMICS – Why a US Recession Might Happen in Time for 2024 Election
June 29, 2023 | LISTEN >
WASHINGTON JOURNAL – The Fiscal Responsibility Act and efforts to reduce spending by Republicans
June 6, 2023 | WATCH >
MSNBC: VELSHI – “You can still inflict a lot of damage on the economy just by brushing up against default”
May 27, 2023 | WATCH >
BBC NEWS – Discussing the state of debt ceiling negotiations
May 22, 2023 | WATCH >
CNBC: SQUAWKBOX – Discussing the monetary policy implications of the latest economic data
May 11, 2023 | WATCH >
CNBC: SQUAWKBOX – Discussing the labor market and monetary policy ahead of the March jobs report
April 6, 2023 | WATCH >
AEI – Assessing the Russian Oil Price Cap
March 3, 2023 | WATCH >
AEI – How Do Government Deficits and Debt Drive Inflation?
February 28, 2023 | WATCH >
MACRO MUSINGS PODCAST – Averting the Looming Debt Ceiling Disaster
January 30, 2023 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWKBOX – What experts think about Q4 GDP data
January 26, 2023 | WATCH >
NPR – The U.S. Government Reached its Debt Limit. Now What?
January 19, 2023 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWKBOX – Experts react to December’s inflation report
January 12, 2023 | WATCH >
NPR MARKETPLACE – With salaries rising, how much do minimum wage increases matter?
January 4, 2023 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWKBOX – 2023 Economic Outlook
December 28, 2022 | WATCH >
PBS NEWSHOUR – Expanding the child tax credit
December 18, 2022 | WATCH >
AEI – Conversation with Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly
December 16, 2022 | WATCH >
AEI – Conversation with Fed Vice Chair Michael Barr
December 2, 2022 | WATCH >
CNBC: SQUAWKBOX – Stock futures edge higher Friday following strong jobs report
November 2, 2022 | WATCH >
THE WEEDS – How to fix inflation
November 1, 2022 | LISTEN >
MSNBC: ALL-IN WITH CHRIS HAYES – Conservative economist: GOP plan won’t bring down inflation in 2023
October 26, 2022 | WATCH >
THE REMNANT – Strain’s New Respect
September 21, 2022 | LISTEN >
WORDS MATTER – The State of Labor on Labor Day
September 9, 2022 | LISTEN >
AEI – UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi on the British economy
September 1, 2022 | WATCH >
MARKETPLACE – Labor movement adds union members store by store
August 26, 2022 | WATCH >
CNBC: SQUAWK BOX – Can the Fed manage a soft landing?
August 24, 2022 | WATCH >
MARKETPLACE – How inflation cuts into the value of the federal minimum wage
July 18, 2022 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWK BOX – Biden admin still has ‘low hanging fruit’ to tame inflation
July 6, 2022 | WATCH >
AEI: POLITICAL ECONOMY PODCAST – Is a Recession on the Horizon?
June 22, 2022 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWK BOX – Four experts react to May’s hotter-than-expected inflation report
June 10, 2022 | WATCH >
CNBC : SQUAWK BOX – Michael Strain on Inflation with Austan Goolsbee
June 2, 2022 | WATCH >
CNBC : SQUAWK BOX – Do no harm is the best thing the president can do
May 10, 2022 | WATCH >
MOODY’S TALKS – Records and Recession Risks
April 8, 2022 | LISTEN >
ECONOMIC MOBILITY PROJECT – What is Inclusive Full Employment?
April 7, 2022 | WATCH >
MATT LEWIS – Michael R. Strain on Preserving Liberal Democracy
February 25, 2022 | LISTEN >
MARKETPLACE – The statistic Fed Chair Powell uses to keep an eye out for wage inflation
January 25, 2022 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWK BOX – The Build Back Better Plan and the Child Tax Credit
December 28, 2021 | WATCH >
MARKETPLACE – Many States and Cities to Raise Minimum Wage in the New Year
December 24, 2021 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWK BOX – The Economic Cost of Biden’s Build Back Better Plan
December 21, 2021 | WATCH >
THE REMNANT – Crazy Rich Uncles
December 7, 2021 | LISTEN >
C-SPAN: Washington Journal – The U.S. economy and President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda
November 8, 2021 | WATCH >
PBS NEWSHOUR – Two experts on how $3.5T spending bill could affect health and child care, taxes and more
September 29, 2021 | WATCH >
THE NEW YORKER – The Child Tax Credit: One Small Step Toward Universal Basic Income?
September 6, 2021 | LISTEN >
INTELLIGENCE SQUARED U.S. – Agree to Disagree: Should Congress Spend Trillions to "Build Back Better"?
September 3, 2021 | LISTEN >
THE HEARTLAND INSTITUTE: ILL LITERACY – The American Dream Is Not Dead
July 6, 2021 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWK BOX – Ending unemployment aid, impact on labor force
June 29, 2021 | WATCH >
NPR: MARKETPLACE – Nearly half of states will cut short federal jobless benefits
May 27, 2021 | LISTEN >
ACTON INSTITUTE – The American Dream is not dead
May 19, 2021 | LISTEN >
NPR: MARKETPLACE – When should pandemic benefits end if there’s no neat end to the pandemic?
May 12, 2021 | LISTEN >
PBS NEWSHOUR – Why the latest jobs report was disappointing, and what it means for the economy
May 7, 2021 | WATCH >
NPR: MARKETPLACE – Could the federal minimum wage vary by the regional cost of living?
April 29, 2021 | LISTEN >
NPR: MARKETPLACE – Some industries still have a long way to go to recover from the pandemic
April 6, 2021 | LISTEN >
THE REMNANT –
No Ex-Strain-eous Math
March 3, 2021 | LISTEN >
PBS: NEWSHOUR – Is it time to raise the minimum wage?
February 25, 2021 | WATCH >
ABC NEWS – A 3rd stimulus check could be coming. Here’s what Americans did with the others
February 24, 2021 | WATCH >
NPR: MARKETPLACE – State and local governments could get $350 billion in pandemic aid
February 18, 2021 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWK BOX – Discussing the size of the economic relief
February 11, 2021 | WATCH >
NPR: MARKETPLACE – What happens if some relief funds are not spent?
February 5, 2021 | LISTEN >
AEI: POLITICAL ECONOMY PODCAST – Evaluating Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic plan
January 19, 2021 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWKBOX – Why Biden’s Covid relief plan may need to be more targeted
January 19, 2021 | WATCH>
CNBC: SQUAWKBOX – How Trump’s call for $2,000 payments may impact Covid relief bill negotiations
December 23, 2020 | WATCH >
NPR: MARKETPLACE – Will the latest stimulus last long enough?
December 22, 2020 | LISTEN >
NPR: MARKETPLACE – How should we spend future pandemic relief money?
December 2, 2020 | LISTEN >
NPR: MARKETPLACE – Unemployment insurance is broken. How can it be fixed?
November 18, 2020 | LISTEN >
CNBC – The economy and the election
November 2, 2020 | WATCH >
CNBC: SQUAWKBOX – Discussing the GDP
October 29, 2020 | LISTEN >
MACRO MUSINGS PODCAST – The Differing Economic Policies of Trump vs. Biden
October 29, 2020 | LISTEN >
BLOOMBERG OPINION: RADIO –
K-Shaped Recoveries End Well for Everybody
October 12, 2020 | LISTEN >
AEI: POLITICAL ECONOMY PODCAST – Has Trumpian populism succeeded?
October 7, 2020 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWKBOX – Discussing September jobs report
October 2, 2020 | WATCH >
NPR: Marketplace – California’s unemployment system has serious issues. It’s not alone.
September 21, 2020 | LISTEN >
NPR: MARKETPLACE –
So far, Trump’s pandemic unemployment benefit is available in 2 states
August 24, 2020 | LISTEN >
TAX POLICY CENTER: THE PRESCRIPTION – Fiscal Policy for the COVID-19 Economy
August 6, 2020 | WATCH >
AEI: POLITICAL ECONOMY PODCAST – COVID-19 This Fall
August 7, 2020 | LISTEN >
ECONOFACTS CHATS – State and Local Finances During the COVID-19
August 3, 2020 | LISTEN >
THE REMNANT – Banana, Banana, Banana
July 28, 2020 | LISTEN >
PBS NEWSHOUR – Should Congress extend the additional $600 per week in unemployment?
July 28, 2020 | WATCH >
CNBC: SQUAWKBOX – Discussing the government’s fiscal response to the coronavirus
July 7, 2020 | WATCH >
NPR: MARKETPLACE –
When $600-a-week pandemic unemployment checks run out, what then?
June 30, 2020 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWKBOX – Discussing the May jobs report
June 5, 2020 | WATCH >
CNBC – Months of unrest could be ahead for the US
June 2, 2020 | WATCH >
AEI –
A conversation with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL): Fighting an economic calamity and lessons for the future
May 19, 2020 | WATCH >
MSNBC: MORNING JOE –
Discussing economic recovery
May 18, 2020 | WATCH >
WASHINGTON JOURNAL –
Discussing COVID-19 and the economy
April 28, 2020 | WATCH >
C-SPAN –
The American Dream Is Not Dead
April 26, 2020 | WATCH >
NPR –
Businesses Are Struggling To Use Paycheck Protection Program Money
April 24, 2020 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWK BOX – Discussing the latest jobs numbers
April 16, 2020 | WATCH >
LAW & LIBERTY – Rumors of the Death of the American Dream Are Greatly Exaggerated
April 15, 2020 | LISTEN >
URBANE COWBOYS –
The American Dream is Not Dead, Just under Lockdown
April 13, 2020 | LISTEN >
FOX NEWS –
Federal small business program launches as nation's small businesses struggle through coronavirus crisis
April 3, 2020 | WATCH >
CNBC: SQUAWK BOX – Small business continuity with the Payroll Protection Program; Jobs forecasting panel discussion
April 3, 2020 | WATCH >
WSJ AT LARGE – Covid-19 economic consequences; The American Dream is Not Dead
March 27, 2020 | WATCH >
AEI:
WTH IS GOING ON with the coronavirus relief package? Will the $2 trillion bill save us from economic collapse?
March 26, 2020 | LISTEN >
MSNBC LIVE with ALI VELSHI – Congress could give cash assistance to some amid coronavirus
March 13, 2020 | WATCH >
CNBC: SQUAWK BOX – Grading U.S. Response, Readiness for Coronavirus
March 12, 2020 | WATCH >
RISING –
Michael Strain discusses his new book The American Dream Is Not Dead: (But Populism Could Kill It)
March 8, 2020 | WATCH >
THE REMNANT PODCAST – American Dreams, Populist Screams
March 3, 2020 | LISTEN >
MATT LEWIS & THE NEWS – The American Dream is Not Dead
February 28, 2020 | LISTEN >
C-SPAN – The American Dream Is Not Dead
February 27, 2020 | WATCH >
MSNBC LIVE with ALI VELSHI – Coronavirus and the markets; The American Dream is in good shape
February 26, 2020 | WATCH >
MSNBC LIVE – Discussing Bernie Sanders’ major proposals
February 25, 2020 | WATCH >
MARKETPLACE: NPR –
A new report says wages are growing, but unequally
February 20, 2020 | LISTEN >
BEG TO DIFFER PODCAST – “It’s All Bulls - - t.”
February 8, 2020 | LISTEN >
CNBC: SQUAWK BOX – The January jobs report
February 7, 2020 | WATCH >
AEI: POLITICAL ECONOMY PODCAST – The American Dream is not dead
February 5, 2020 | LISTEN >
MARKETPLACE: NPR – Discussing Minimum Wage Hikes
December 30, 2019 | LISTEN >
CNBC:
SQUAWK BOX
– Discussing Investment Trends
December 20, 2019 | WATCH >
MSNBC LIVE with ALI VELSHI – The Importance of Billionaire Innovators
November 28, 2019 | WATCH >
UWM INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON POVERTY – Discussing the American Dream
November 13, 2019 | LISTEN >
SQUAWKBOX – The October Jobs Report and the Effects on the Economy
October 28, 2019 | WATCH >
CNBC SQUAWKBOX – Discussing the August Jobs Report
September 06, 2019 | WATCH >
CBS EVENING NEWS – Discussing the economic burden of trade wars
August 16, 2019 | WATCH >
MSNBC LIVE – Discussing the trade war of uncertainty
August 15, 2019 | WATCH >
CNBC SQUAWKBOX – Discussing the June jobs report
July 05, 2019 | WATCH >
CNBC SQUAWKBOX – Discussing the wealth tazx
June 26, 2019 | WATCH >
THE BULWARK PODCAST – The economy and 2020
May 10, 2019 | LISTEN >
THE REMNANT – Should we worry about income inequality?
April 4, 2019 | LISTEN >
MACRO MUSINGS PODCAST – America’s economic outlook
March 5, 2019 | LISTEN >
CNBC SQUAWKBOX –
Wealth tax proposals
February 11, 2019 | WATCH >
CONVERSATIONS WITH BILL KRISTOL – Against economic pessimism
January 28, 2019 | WATCH >
THE REMNANT –
Is the working class made of candy glass? Is Oren Cass wrong? Is the universe probabilistic?
January 11, 2019 | LISTEN >
MSNBC – The state of the markets
December 28, 2018 | WATCH >
NPR – Early Democratic economic proposals
December 14, 2018 | LISTEN >
AEI – Avengers: Endgame – Thanos was wong
December 7, 2018 | WATCH >
CNBC SQUAWKBOX – October jobs report
November 2, 2018 | WATCH >
AEI VIEWPOINT – Trade war and free trade with Derek Scissors
September 28, 2018 | WATCH >
MSNBC LIVE – The Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes
August 21, 2018 | WATCH >
ON POINT – The facts and future of Trumps’s economy
August 1, 2018 | LISTEN >
NPR – Raising the minimum wage
July 27, 2018 | LISTEN >
CNBC SQUAWKBOX – Second quarter GDP expectations
July 26, 2018 | WATCH >
MARKETPLACE RADIO – The current state of the labor market
July 20, 2018 | LISTEN >
AEI – The Recession, the debt, and AI-empowered post-capitalism
June 12, 2018 | LISTEN >
AEI – Lessons from the Great Recession, AI’s potential to replace the price system, and more
June 6, 2018 | LISTEN >
CNBC SQUAWKBOX – The May jobs report
June 1, 2018 | WATCH >
MARKETPLACE RADIO – Pay increases for entry-level jobs
June 1, 2018 | LISTEN >
AEI VIEWPOINT – The capitalist comeback
May 23, 2018 | WATCH >
POLITICAL ECONOMY PODCAST – Special 100th Episode
May 16, 2018 | LISTEN >
AEI – Guaranteed jobs for all Americans?
May 14, 2018 | WATCH >
AEI BANTER – The significance and challenges of the 2020 census
April 26, 2018 | LISTEN >
2017
AEI IN 60 SECONDS – DACA: Why America needs to keep the dreamers
AEI BANTER PODCAST – Immigration, minimum wage laws, and the U.S. Census
MARKETPLACE RADIO – Economists say the bottom line beats presidential callouts for manufacturers
MARKETPLACE RADIO – How much do manufacturing jobs really matter?
THE LARRY KUDLOW SHOW – Economic growth under President Trump
MARKETPLACE – What it would take to spur U.S. growth to 3 percent or more
AEI VEIWPOINT – With Sue Desmond-Hellmann on health and healthcare