03/28/2022 - The 1970s: Good for Movies, Bad for Inflation

Mark and Carrie

Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Brown University, share their take on the news.

On this episode:

• The economic and political ramifications of the war in Ukraine
• Why presidents shouldn’t ad lib foreign policy
• What the 1970s can and can’t teach us about handling inflation today
• The sighs and shrugs of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination hearings
• State legislation restricting LGBTQ and abortion rights, and the Republican ramp-up to the 2022 midterms.
• Are “the movies” over?

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