BONUS: The Haunting of Buchanan Manor

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

Civic Ventures

Business, Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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This strange Halloween, we bring to you the harrowing tale of two young trick-or-treaters who dare to stop at James Buchanan’s house. To learn more about the real-life horrors of Buchanan, read Jane Mayer’s ‘Dark Money’ — the spooky real-life story of the right-wing trickle-down machine. Show us some love by leaving a rating or a review! RateThisPodcast.com/pitchforkeconomics Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com/ Twitter: @PitchforkEcon Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer

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0:00.0	It's the spookiest time of year and as we all know nothing is spookier than bad economic theory.
0:12.4	So join us for a very special spookier than bad economic theory.
0:12.7	So join us for a very special Halloween episode
0:16.5	of Pitch Fork economics, as we share a spine-tingling tale
0:21.1	of horror starring a founding father of trickle-down economics. Ting a
0:22.9	a founding father of trickle-down economics, James M. Buchanan.
0:29.8	Now we propel ourselves backwards in time to the year 2003.
0:35.9	It is all Hallows Eve in an affluent Virginia suburb.
0:40.6	Two children are walking through the chilly moonlit evening, their bags heavy with candy.
0:47.0	I can't believe they were giving out full-size candy bars. I know, I got a snickers and a twix lucky.
0:56.0	Lucky.
0:57.0	Hey Chris, can I ask you a question?
1:00.0	I've kind of been meaning to ask this all night.
1:02.0	Sure. What's your costume supposed? I've kind of been meaning to ask this all night.
1:02.6	Sure.
1:03.6	What's your costume supposed to be?
1:05.6	Are you like Red Batman or something?
1:07.6	What?
1:08.6	No, obviously I'm Daredevil, like in the hit Ben Affleck movie Daredevil that came out earlier this year?
1:14.0	I didn't see it.
1:15.0	Man, it was the best comic book movies don't get any better.
1:18.0	Anyway, at least I'm wearing a costume.
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