Live Interview: How Our Simplistic 'Inflation' Discourse Fuels the War on Workers - with Josh Mason

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🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In this Live Interview from 7/8/22, we break down US media's inflation discourse that places the blame for rising food and gas prices squarely on the shoulders of greedy Burger King cashiers living high on the government hog. With J.W. Mason, Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College, City University of New York and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.

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1:00.0	But Adam, we are thrilled to have an amazing guest today for this live interview.
1:04.2	We're joined by Josh Mason, Associate Professor of Economics at John J. College at CUNY.
1:09.2	That's the City University of New York, and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.
1:13.6	Josh, thanks so much for joining us today on Citations Needed.
1:16.3	Thank you for having me.
1:17.6	Yes, we're really grateful for you coming on, because this has been a very...
1:20.8	I would say maybe the first or second most requested topic we've had, and inflation as
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