Hello and welcome to sleep money extra.

It's a Tuesday with a one-off special episode.

I'm Felix Hammond of Axios,

and I am going to be talking to Nobel laureate, Joe Stiglitz,

about his new book, People, Power and Profits.

This episode is a little bit of an experiment.

We're not entirely sure whether we should do this kind of thing more or not. So let me know on SlateMoney at slate.com whether this is the kind of thing that you would like to hear more of.

Basically, the story is that Joe has a new book out and it's a manifesto, basically, for what the new democratic 2020 presidential candidate should

have in terms of economic policy. He has a whole bunch of policies in there, which are kind

of interesting. He wants the universal jobs guarantee. He wants to break up a bunch of big businesses.

And he had a launch event at Barnes & Noble on the Upper West Side, very close to

his home. And I was the interlocutor. I interviewed him on stage. And it was a kind of interesting

conversation. This is not a standard slate money interview. We were not in a studio. My microphone

didn't always work that well. So there might be a couple of points

where I sound a bit weird or even weird than I normally do. And this was for an audience of people

who were Joe Stiglitz fans who lined up for a long time to get him to sign their book. So this

wasn't the kind of place where I would get all adversarial. Joe likes to talk. I let him talk.

So if you're interested in Joe's Digglets, and if you're interested in politics,

and if you're interested in fiscal policy and economic policy, have a listen to this.

And let me know what you think, slate money at slate.com. Let me know who else you think.

Maybe I should have this kind of a conversation with. And here is Slate Money Extra.

I've read this book. It's extremely good. You should buy it, get it signed. This book is basically a, it's a manifesto.

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