Economics for Inclusive Prosperity

About Economics for Inclusive Prosperity

We need an alternative vision of economics to replace failed neoliberalism and rising economic nationalism. In a world facing record inequality, climate peril, and rising illiberalism, how do we build a more inclusive, more sustainable, more prosperous economy for everyone? This is the podcast of Economics for Inclusive Prosperity, a network of economists working to inspire new thinking in their field and highlight the transformative changes that are already happening.

Publisher

Economics for Inclusive Prosperity

Category

business · government · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Jan 2026

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

13 of 14 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   UBI and guaranteed job programs show promise—especially with AI looming

   Host Ralph Ranalli interviews University College London economist Lukas Lehner about how UBI and guaranteed job programs offer economic stability and worker empowerment, especially with AI's impact.

2. 

   23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   She told CEOs they could do well while doing good. Why did they stop doing good anyway?

   Harvard Business School Professor Rebecca Henderson discusses with host Ralph Ranalli why companies stopped prioritizing purpose alongside profit, exploring structural fixes for a sustainable economy.

3. 

   3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Can “reindustrializing” priority technologies on American soil also reduce inequality?

   Host Ralph Ranalli interviews MIT Professor Elisabeth Reynolds about how reindustrializing priority technologies in America can reduce inequality and bolster national security.

4. 

   5 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How I learned to stop worrying and love the minimum wage

   University of Massachusetts economist Arin Dube discusses how policy choices, not economic forces, drive wage stagnation and advocates for raising the minimum wage in this interview with host Ralph Ranalli.

5. 

   20 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Why agricultural R&D is helping less where it's needed most

   Economists Jacob Moscona and Karthik Sastry discuss how a rich-world bias in agricultural R&D hinders progress in developing nations, offering insights into technological mismatch and global disparities.

6. 

   7 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How meritocracy can help solve—or exacerbate—our inequality problem

   Host Ralph Ranalli interviews University of Chicago Professor Steven Durlauf about how meritocracy can either worsen or improve societal inequality.

7. 

   23 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Why we must teach today’s students the economics of inequality

   Boston College economics professor Can Erbil discusses integrating the economics of inequality into student curricula to foster informed citizens and better economists in this interview.

8. 

   8 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Manufacturing won't save us—but the service sector might

   Harvard economist Dani Rodrik discusses with host Ralph Ranalli why the service sector, not manufacturing, offers the most promising path to good jobs and inclusive prosperity.

9. 

   25 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Lessons from the Great Compression

   Co-directors Ilyana Kuziemko and Suresh Naidu explore how Cold War spending shaped the Great Compression, offering lessons for today's inequality challenges in this interview.

10. 

    11 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Capitalism is in deep trouble—here's how to fix it

    Host Ralph Ranalli interviews University of Chicago economist Luigi Zingales about capitalism's current struggles and practical solutions for reform.

11. 

    25 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

    How to make power over AI's future more democratic

    University of Oxford economist Max Kasy explains to host Ralph Ranalli how AI development is shaped by specific interests, offering insights for democratic control over its future.

12. 

    11 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Zero-sum thinking's profound effects on economic policy

    Economist Stefanie Stantcheva explains to host Ralph Ranalli how zero-sum thinking shapes economic policy and political viability.

13. 

    28 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Distribution matters: Why record inequality is a big macroeconomic problem

    Princeton University economist Atif Mian explains to host Ralph Ranalli how record inequality threatens macroeconomic stability and offers potential solutions.

14. 

    14 Jan 2026

    Welcome to Economics for Inclusive Prosperity

    Host Ralph Ranalli interviews economists Dani Rodrik and Suresh Naidu about transforming economics for a more inclusive and sustainable global prosperity.

Inside a recent episode

UBI and guaranteed job programs show promise—especially with AI looming

Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And I think most people have kind of a sense of what they are. But I wanted to start out by maybe in your estimation, if you could explain What a minimally viable, according to your research, UBI program and a job guarantee program is. And maybe give us a little bit about the problem that we're trying to solve. Is it alleviating poverty? Is it reducing stigma and polarization and alienation? Is it inequality? What are they and what are they for? Yeah, thank you, Rolf. I think a basic problem is really about poverty, but I mean poverty in a very broad sense, encompassing many aspects of economic and social well-being of people that we would also understand as people's welfare in a very broad sense. […]

Who has been a guest on Economics for Inclusive Prosperity

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• Lukas Lehner
• Rebecca Henderson
• Elisabeth Reynolds
• Arin Dube
• Jacob Moscona

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