Mostly Economics
Hosted by Dean Baker · Center for Economic and Policy Research and Dean Baker
4.7from 39 ratings
- 57
- Episodes
- 22
- Transcribed
- 39
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Mostly Economics
Mostly Economics is a weekly show hosted by Center for Economic and Policy Research Senior Economist and co-founder, Dean Baker, about ways US economic policies affect everyday lives—from household budgets to global trade relationships. New episode released every Thursday. Producer and Art Direction: Lisa N. Burnam Motion Designer: Arturo Valladolid Production Interns: Madison Belo, Daniel Stone
- Publisher
- Center for Economic and Policy Research and Dean Baker
- Category
- government · news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 May 2025
- Latest episode
- 22 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
22 of 57 episodes have a transcript.
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mostly Economics Podcast #57: What Can Be Done to Stop Local News from Disappearing with Matt Pearce
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mostly Economics Podcast #56: Solve It At the State and Local Level with Joel Rogers
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mostly Economics Podcast #55: Who pays when the AI bubble bursts with Ed Zitron
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Mostly Economics Podcast #57: What Can Be Done to Stop Local News from Disappearing with Matt Pearce
Published 22 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And it's that sort of thing that is much less likely to get served by social media influencers or artificial intelligence agents. It's really those journalists and editors at the local outlets that are like, huh, what's going on there? And they just ask somebody and they start asking questions and they start bringing that information into the public domain. And then, you know, the AI agents can train on that knowledge and the social media influencers can train on that knowledge. But We're really trying to support that act of original inquiry because, you know, information as a kind of commodity is like a public good. […]
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- Matt Pearce
- Joel Rogers
- Ed Zitron
- Helaine Olen
- Tiffany Muller
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 25 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 14 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100
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- Quality
- 81
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 51
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