11/12/2021 - Inflation, Infrastructure, and...Alpaca Cheese

Mark and Carrie

Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown University's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Annenberg Institute, share their take on the news.

On this episode: the illusion that is Infrastructure Week; Biden's agenda and early-onset midterm anxiety for Democrats; debunking the great inflation panic; G20, COP26, and the promises that countries won't keep; crisis at the Belarus/Poland border, and the weaponization of immigrants; Squid Game; Mark and Carrie politicize Daylight Savings Time.

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