Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Aug 11, 2026 · 45 min · 11 segments
Nobel Prize-winning MIT economist Daron Acemoglu joins Nick and Goldy to discuss his new book…
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[upbeat music] The rising inequality and growing political instability that we see today are the direct result of decades of bad economic theory.
The last five decades of trickle-down economics haven't worked, but what's the alternative?
Because the middle class is the source of growth, not its consequence.
This is Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer, a podcast about how to build the economy from the middle out.
Welcome to the show.
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[upbeat music] The rising inequality and growing political instability that we see today are the direct result of decades of bad economic theory.
The last five decades of trickle-down economics haven't worked, but what's the alternative?
Because the middle class is the source of growth, not its consequence.
This is Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer, a podcast about how to build the economy from the middle out.
Welcome to the show.
[upbeat music]