01 Dec Episode 150: How Economic Jargon and Cliches Make Cruel, Anti-Poor Policies Sound Sterile and…
Citations Needed | December 1, 2021 | Transcript[embed]https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/how-economic-jargon-and-cliches-make-cruel-anti-poor-policies-sound-sterile-and-science-y-part-i[/embed][Music]Intro: This is Citations Needed with Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.Nima Shirazi: Welcome to Citations Needed, a podcast on the media, power, PR and the history of bullshit. I am Nima Shirazi.Adam Johnson: I’m Adam Johnson.Nima: You can follow the show on Twitter @CitationsPod, Facebook Citations Needed, and become a supporter of our work through Patreon.com/CitationsNeededPodcast. All your support through Patreon is so incredibly appreciated as we are 100 percent listener funded.Adam: Yes, and as always, you can rate and subscribe to us on Apple Podcast. If you can, please support us on Patreon, it helps keep the episodes themselves free. There you’ll find little goodies like AMA’s, little patron-only mini episodes, newsletter, and other good things for our supporters, who we are very much grateful for. If you can afford it, please do.Nima: “Supply and demand.” “It’s just Econ 101.” “Most economists agree…” “There’s always trade offs.” Over and over, media and policymakers spew the same tired recitations meant to convey the seemingly natural, immutable laws of economics. The economy, we’re told,...