S7 E7: Gilded Age 2.0

Scene on Radio: Capitalism

Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University

Society & Culture, Audiodoc, Radio, Documentary, Stories

4.9 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

S7 E7: Gilded Age 2.0

After 40 years of neoliberalism, most Americans of every political stripe agree that the economy is “rigged” in favor of corporations and the wealthy. But we may not know the half of it.

By John Biewen, with co-host Ellen McGirt. Interviews with Nancy MacLean, Edward Balleisen, Brad DeLong, Marjorie Kelly, and Oren Cass. Story editor: Loretta Williams. Music by Michelle Osis, Lilli Haydn, Chris Westlake, Alex Symcox, and Goodnight, Lucas. Music consulting by Joe Augustine of Narrative Music. Art by Harper Biewen.

"Capitalism” is a production of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, in partnership with Imperative 21.

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0:37.0	Ellen, our news media do love some opinion polls, don't they?
0:43.0	Oh yes, I'll own a little piece of that.
0:46.0	Yes, we do.
0:47.0	Almost more than actual news, it seems.
0:49.0	I guess some polls are useful,
0:51.0	but a lot of times it's really unclear what the results mean, what people
0:56.4	are saying with their answers.
0:59.0	And right now I'm not talking about the political, who would you vote for polls. I'm thinking about the political who would you vote for polls I'm thinking about those
1:05.0	surveys that ask big broad questions about the economy right is the economy good
1:10.5	or bad yeah or it'll actually be worded something like, how would you rate the economic conditions in the
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