Podcast

Optimist Economy

Author: Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi
Feed episode count: 62
Official site: https://optimisteconomy.com/
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Summary

Optimist Economy is the anti-doomscroll economics podcast. Work rules, tax fairness, healthcare, housing costs, retirement security — the economic forces shaping American life have real problems. But also real solutions. Each week, economist Kathryn Anne Edwards and editor Robin Rauzi break down one problem and solution with data, history, humor, and a belief that tools to build a better economy exist. We just haven't tried them. New episodes on Tuesdays. ✨ Support the podcast at: optimisteconomy.com ✨ Ask questions or share your economic worries with us at: [email protected]

Episodes

Jul 7, 2026 · not_requested

Simple Immigration Economics: Bigger is Better

Duration seconds: 3126
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Jun 30, 2026 · not_requested

America at 250: Case for the Defense

Duration seconds: 3157
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Jun 23, 2026 · not_requested

Optimist Q&A: The AI Bubble, the Rapture, and Free Lunch

Duration seconds: 3138
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Jun 16, 2026 · not_requested

Inflation Risk is the Wrong Recession Lesson

Duration seconds: 2978
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Jun 9, 2026 · not_requested

Make the Economy Work for Freelancers, Too (#askingforafriend)

Duration seconds: 2889
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Jun 2, 2026 · not_requested

About That College Grad Who Can’t Find a Job…

Duration seconds: 3529
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May 26, 2026 · not_requested

Should We Cherish the Ultra-Wealthy? (a.k.a. ‘The Cornfield’)

Duration seconds: 2555
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May 19, 2026 · not_requested

No Overtime for the Supervisor of Sandwiches

Duration seconds: 2933
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May 12, 2026 · not_requested

Can the U.S. Go ‘Cashless?’

Duration seconds: 2659
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May 5, 2026 · not_requested

The 2026 Economy: Make it Make Sense

Duration seconds: 3492
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Apr 28, 2026 · not_requested

Progress is a Long Game

Duration seconds: 2993
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Apr 21, 2026 · not_requested

The Great Wage Stagnation

Duration seconds: 2814
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Apr 14, 2026 · not_requested

Tax Reform Gone Wild

Duration seconds: 2736
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Apr 7, 2026 · not_requested

Nobody's Pulling Up Stakes Anymore

Duration seconds: 2749
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Mar 31, 2026 · not_requested

The Optimists Have Questions…

Duration seconds: 3264
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Mar 24, 2026 · not_requested

Corporate Profits Are Up. Their Tax Bill Should Be Too.

Duration seconds: 2542
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Mar 17, 2026 · not_requested

If AI Gets Hired, America Can Handle It

Duration seconds: 3081
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Mar 10, 2026 · not_requested

Boomers Didn’t Ruin Everything. Really.

Duration seconds: 2978
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Mar 3, 2026 · not_requested

Can $1,000 at Birth Make Us a Country of Savers?

Duration seconds: 2928
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Feb 24, 2026 · not_requested

Social Security Upgrades for Retirement's Realities

Duration seconds: 3479
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Feb 17, 2026 · not_requested

What The Actual Fed.

Duration seconds: 3165
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Feb 10, 2026 · not_requested

We Don't Have a Housing Shortage. We Have a Paycheck Shortage.

Duration seconds: 2707
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Feb 3, 2026 · not_requested

Affordability vs. the Poverty Line

Duration seconds: 2890
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Jan 27, 2026 · not_requested

$79 Trillion Worth of Income Inequality

Duration seconds: 2955
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Jan 20, 2026 · not_requested

We're Back with a Backlog of Optimism

Duration seconds: 55
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Dec 10, 2025 · not_requested

What’s the Skinny on Laws that Make Salaries Public?

Duration seconds: 959
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Nov 20, 2025 · not_requested

Thanksgiving Prep: An Optimist’s Guide to Dinner Table Debate

Duration seconds: 3189
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Oct 21, 2025 · not_requested

Retcon on Season One (+ Executive Orderpalooza)

Duration seconds: 2488
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Oct 14, 2025 · not_requested

How Health Insurance Got Shackled to Jobs

Duration seconds: 3061
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Oct 7, 2025 · not_requested

Optimist Q&A: Evidence for UBI, What to Do About Billionaires, and Where Will the U.S. Economy Be After Trump?

Duration seconds: 3149
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Sep 30, 2025 · not_requested

Can We Fix America's Broken Unemployment Insurance System?

Duration seconds: 4076
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Sep 23, 2025 · not_requested

The Ghost Recession: A Brief Economic History of Now

Duration seconds: 3636
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Sep 16, 2025 · not_requested

The Cash-for-Kids Study: Misread and Misrepresented

Duration seconds: 2987
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