Some of us are so good at delaying rewards for a rainy day that we miss out on reaping those rewards altogether.
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Why screenwriters can’t make a living
Daniel Bessner, contributor to Harper’s Magazine, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how investors are changing the business landscape for television and movie writers – and the ways writers hustle for any work.
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How rich is too rich?
Christine Emba, staff writer for The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how extreme wealth buys influence while not necessarily providing innovation.
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How probation and parole feed mass incarceration
Vincent Schiraldi, founder of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice and the Justice Policy Institute, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss parole and probation, which he calls a “recidivism trap,” and make the case that these practices should be abolished.
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Are you really retired if you’re still working?
Teresa Ghilarducci, professor at the New School, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why our golden years only look rosy for the wealthiest among us, why social security can’t keep up, and why going back to work is the only option for so many.
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Small-town America is doing just fine, thanks
USC professor Elizabeth Currid-Halkett discusses the small towns across America that are thriving and, by many metrics, outperforming much larger urban centers.
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Why America won’t tax the rich
Michael J. Graetz, professor emeritus at Columbia Law School, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the history of how we got to the enormous partisan divide we see today about taxation, and how race and class play into it.
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The economy is working despite what you think
Rogé Karma, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why food and fuel prices don’t factor into core inflation numbers but do influence how Americans feel about the economy.
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A.I. is coming for knowledge workers
Dennis Yi Tenen, associate professor at Columbia University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why we shouldn’t be afraid that A.I. is coming for jobs.
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Xi Jinping is in trouble
Simone Gao is a journalist and she joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how China’s economic woes affect the larger global economy, and why the Chinese populace might be losing patience with its leader.
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The right way to fail
Amy Edmondson, professor at the Harvard Business School, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why corporate American approaches to failure are all wrong, and how to incorporate healthy lessons from flubs in the workplace.
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The benefits of working for the man
Benjamin C. Waterhouse, associate professor of history at UNC Chapel Hill, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss myths about being your own boss and why you might actually be happier working a regular 9-5 job.
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