Behold the Planet Money economic platform, crafted by brilliant economists of all stripes, and pure poison to any politician who embraces it.

Charles Bethea on a debate, at Southeast Missouri State University, between the CNN commentators Van Jones and Kayleigh McEnany.

We take you inside the headquarters of Wells Fargo bank. It’s a place where a bunch of young, stressed-out workers were rewarded for doing some very bad things.

This American Life: #597: One Last Thing Before I Go

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast: The Way of Wanderlust

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast: Can California Get to 100-percent Clean Power?

Not a “theory of everything” but definitely an interesting lens through which to view US politics.

The Long Read: Employers are turning to mathematically modelled ways of sifting through job applications. Even when wrong, their verdicts seem beyond dispute – and they tend to punish the poor

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