#1253 The Joy of Tax (Comparing the US and Scandinavian Systems)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 1 March 2019
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Air Date: 3/1/2019
Today we take a look at the social benefits of high taxation as the US gears up for our first genuine debate on raising taxes in a long time with an eye toward the life-improving programs that money could fund.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: Dean Baker on Taxing the Rich - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date 2-7-19
We’ll talk about some of the proposals to reduce wealth and income inequality—what they can and can’t do, and why we need them all—with economist Dean Baker
Ch. 2: Bruce Bartlett explains the GOP Starve the Beast strategy - Pitchfork Economics - Airdate 1-29-19
Reaganomics and the destructive power of austerity. We need a strong and vocal socialist left to pull the conversation back to the left.
Ch. 3: Democrats are Eisenhower Republicans - The Zero Hour w @RJEskow - Air Date 9-9-17
Explaining how the GOP went from the party of fiscal responsibility to the opposite and why the Democrats took up the task themselves
How did Nordic countries become what they are today? They've worked to eliminate poverty and produce an alternative vision of economies. Workers are happier and more productive.
Ch. 5: How to Be Happy - Freakonomics Radio - Airdate 1-2-19
Looking at Gross Domestic Product versus Gross National Happiness and how Nordic countries have built the social trust to afford sweeping social programs
Why is America the way it is? Reagan. We were heading the way of Nordic economies but Reaganomics put America on the economic defense, regressing our progress.
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| 1:03.1 | And now, welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of the Left podcast in which we shall |
| 1:07.5 | learn about the social benefits of high taxation as the US gears up for our first genuine |
| 1:12.6 | debate on raising taxes in a long time with an eye toward the life improving programs |
| 1:17.8 | that money could fund. |
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