Economics & Beyond with Rob Johnson

Economics & Beyond with Rob Johnson

Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET)

Episodes 100
Avg. Duration 59m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 4.6 (56)
Since May 2021
Latest Episode Nov 2025

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Hosting
feed.podbean.com

About This Podcast

Rob Johnson is not your average economist, and this is not your average economics podcast. Every week, Rob talks about economic and social issues with a guest who probably wasn’t on your Econ 101 reading list, from musicians to activists to rebel economists. A podcast of The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET).

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Recent Episodes

Fullerton’s journey from Wall Street to Regenerative Economics

Nov 25, 2025 1h 18m

​​In this episode of Economics and Beyond, Rob Johnson and John Fullerton discuss his new book, Regenerative Economics which explores flaws in traditional economic thinking, and the need for a new…

Jocelyn Benson: On Becoming a Purposeful Warrior

Jun 23, 2025 29m

In this episode of Economics and Beyond with Rob Johnson, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson discusses her book The Purposeful Warrior, which explores choosing courage over fear and standing…

Fred Block: Beyond Industrialism - Building Communities That Work for People

Jan 30, 2025 1h 11m

Fred Block, Research​ Professor of Sociology at UC Davis, joins Rob Johnson to discuss his latest book,​ The Habitation Society, which explores the need to move beyond industrial-era economic models…

Lincoln Mitchell: Fear and Fascism: How America Reached a Political Breaking Point

Nov 14, 2024 1h 6m

Rob Johnson hosts Lincoln Mitchell, Political Science Professor at Columbia University, in a compelling conversation about the increasingly powerful fascist movement in the US. Mitchell outlines the…

David Sirota: Money Talks - The Erosion of Democracy in the Age of Billionaire Influence

Nov 07, 2024 53m

David Sirota joins Rob Johnson to examine the history and impact of money in U.S. politics, as explored in Sirota’s investigative podcast series, "Master Plan." Sirota discusses how a series of…

Marjorie Kelly: The Other Dangerous Supremacy - Wealth Supremacy

Oct 21, 2024 59m

​Author and Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Democracy Collaborative, Marjorie Kelly, talks about her recently released book, Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of…

Steven Herrmann: America’s Shaman-Poets’ Vision for a Better Future

Oct 10, 2024 1h 2m

Rob Johnson and Steven Herrmann, an author and Jungian analyst, discuss the concept of "spiritual democracy" as explored in Herrmann's work and the writings of American poets like Walt Whitman,…

America’s Burning

Aug 06, 2024 1h 8m

What happened to the American dream? Rob talks with David Smick about his new film and the inspiration for the project.

Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor - Solidarity: A World-Changing Idea

May 16, 2024 1h 2m

Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor talk to Rob about their recently released book, Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea. The wide-ranging conversation covers the…

Rohinton Medhora: One Earth, One Family, One Future

Nov 02, 2023 41m

Rohinton Medhora (INET's Board Chair, member of our Commission on Global Economic Transformation, and Distinguished Fellow at CIGI) discusses global social healing, India and the G20 with INET…

Adair Turner: India’s Leadership and Global Challenges of Climate and Finance

Oct 26, 2023 43m

If we're going to address environmental catastrophe, we need to support each other on a global scale. Rob Johnson checks in with Adair Turner about his work, and practical solutions to address the…

Angus Deaton: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality

Oct 19, 2023 1h 7m

Economics Nobel laureate Sir Angus Deaton discusses his latest book, Economics in America, which takes an autobiographical approach to how the field of economics addresses the most pressing issues of…

Michael Spence: A Plan to Fix a Fractured World

Oct 12, 2023 50m

Mike Spence talks with Rob Johnson about his upcoming co-authored book "Permacrisis", India and the G20, and bringing the world together to address our shared challenges. Book: "Permacrisis: A Plan…

Alan Blinder: Looking Back and Looking Ahead: 15 Years After the Lehman Collapse

Sep 28, 2023 58m

Former Fed vice chair and Princeton University economics professor Alan Blinder takes a close look at what lessons still remain to be learned in the aftermath of the Great Financial Crisis.

Thomas Ferguson: The Lehman Disaster and Why It Matters Today

Sep 13, 2023 54m

On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers, a giant investment bank with a storied history, filed for bankruptcy. The shock was profound; world markets melted down.   Over the next few days, one…

Christian Madsbjerg: How to Pay Attention in a Turbulent Distracted World

Jul 18, 2023 1h

In a world that increasingly promotes distraction and isolation, the ability to pay attention to each other has become ever more important. Philosopher Christian Madsbjerg talks to Rob about his new…

Steven Herrmann: The Shaman’s Call and Finding Your Inner Voice

Jun 08, 2023 1h 21m

Steven Herrmann, Jungian psychoanalyst and author of the books, William James and C. G. Jung and of William Everson: The Shaman’s Call, among others, engages in a wide-ranging conversation about…

Simon Johnson: Our Thousand-Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity

May 16, 2023 54m

Simon Johnson, the co-author of the just-released book Power and Progress (co-authored with Daron Acemoglu), discusses the book, what new technologies hold in store for us, and how societies might…

Brendan Ballou: Plunder - Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America

Apr 27, 2023 59m

Brendan Ballou, talks to Rob about his forthcoming book, Plunder, about the growing harmful role of private equity in the US. Ballou is a federal prosecutor and served as Special Counsel for Private…

Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway: The Big Myth of Market Fundamentalism

Mar 16, 2023 48m

Historians Naomi Oreskes (Harvard University) and Erik Conway (Caltech) talk to Rob about their just-released book, The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the…

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Economics & Beyond with Rob Johnson has published 100 episodes since May 2021, covering topics in Education, News.

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Economics & Beyond with Rob Johnson is currently dormant with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 59m.

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