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In this episode, Nick and Antonio discuss current policy debates around education and potential policy moving forward. Forbes article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2020/12/09/these-five-issues-are-at-the-heart-of-all-k-12-education-policy-debates/?sh=4c15b0a360d8

Published 03/15/21

Missing the Marx

Published 03/15/21

Education Part 1: The History

This week, Nick and Antonio discuss the history of education in the United States. From before the revolution to current issues in education, there is much to be unpacked, discussed, and explored.

Published 03/09/21

Reparations Part 3: Policy

In this conclusion of the reparations series, Nick and Antonio discuss potential policy interventions that can be put into place to start the process of reparations.

Published 03/02/21

Reparations Part 2: The Ideal Plan

Join Nick and Antonio as they continue the conversation on reparations. This week, they discuss their ideal reparations plan and how the US might pay for it.

Published 02/23/21

Reparations Part 1: The History

What does it mean? Why are they needed? What has led to the inequalities we see today? Who will win the mac and cheese? All these questions and more will be discussed as Nick and Antonio talk reparations.

Published 02/16/21

Universal Basic Income

Nick and Antonio take on the history of the US welfare state, discuss the pros and cons of universal basic income (UBI), and present their ideal version of UBI. Link to Stanford's article on UBI: https://basicincome.stanford.edu/about/what-is-ubi/

Published 02/09/21

Minimum Wage

In this episode, Nick and Antonio tackle the recently proposed $15 minimum wage, answering some old questions and raising a few new ones.

Published 02/01/21

Capitalism vs. Socialism

What is capitalism? What is socialism? In today's episode, Nick and Antonio discuss these questions and bust some common myths about socialism.

Published 01/26/21

An Introduction

Published 01/25/21