Freedom from markets

Explain It to Me

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Politics, Society & Culture, Education, News

4.4 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Matt is joined by author Mike Konczal, Director of Progressive Thought at the Roosevelt Institute, and author of the new book Freedom from the Market. They talk about the past, present, and future of public affordances in America, and discuss the shifts in political imagination that could inaugurate a new era of public programs in the earnest interest of benefitting Americans. Resources: Mike's new book, Freedom from the Market: America's Fight to Liberate Itself from the Grip of the Invisible Hand, on sale here. Read an excerpt: "When Medicare Helped Kill Jim Crow" by Mike Konczal, The Nation (Jan. 19, 2021). Guest: Mike Konczal (@rortybomb), Director, Progressive Thought, Roosevelt Institute Host: Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Slowboring.com Credits: Erikk Geannikis, Editor and Producer As the Biden administration gears up, we'll help you understand this unprecedented burst of policymaking. Sign up for The Weeds newsletter each Friday: vox.com/weeds-newsletter. The Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network production. Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts About Vox Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Facebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.0	Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the Box Media Podcast Network.
1:09.8	I'm Matthew Glacias.
1:10.8	My guest today, my console, is the director of Progressive Thought at the Roosevelt Institute.
1:16.0	But more importantly, he is the author of a new book, Freedom from the Market.
1:21.0	And we are going to talk about what that means and sort of what inspired him to write it.
1:26.0	It's really interesting.
1:28.0	We're also recording on an inauguration day.
1:31.0	I'm not sure this has super direct applicability to what the Biden administration is going to be dealing with this week.
1:38.0	But I think in terms of the broader themes of how Progressives think about government, it's really critical.
1:45.0	So Mike, welcome.
1:47.0	Thanks for having me.
1:48.0	So the market, I think we know you buy and sell things there.
1:53.0	And typically, when we think about sort of constraining the market or what can be problems with the market,
2:02.0	we talk at least in recent generations about regulations that you might change markets,
2:10.0	shape markets, constrained markets, whatever you might say.
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