283. What Would Our Economy Look Like? (Earth 2.0 Series)

Published: April 13, 2017, 3 a.m.

b"If we could reboot the planet and create new systems and institutions from scratch, would they be any better than what we've blundered our way into through trial and error? This is the first of a series of episodes that we'll release over several months. Today we start with \\u2014 what else? \\u2014 economics. You'll hear from Nobel laureate Angus Deaton, the poverty-fighting superhero Jeff Sachs; and many others."