Better Future with Michael Mezz
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The Oligarchs Are Organized. The Working Class Isn’t. Maurice Mitchell on Building Power (019)
September 30, 2026 · 1 hr 21 minMy guest today is Maurice Mitchell, National Director of the Working Families Party – one of the leading progressive institutions in U.S. politics today. Their platform includes universal health care, “a home you can afford,” paid family…
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Why We Must Tax Billionaires | Gabriel Zucman on Inequality and the Wealth Tax (018)
September 10, 2026 · 1 hr 12 minMy guest today is Dr. Gabriel Zucman, the world's leading expert on wealth taxes. He’s a professor at both the Paris School of Economics and UC Berkeley, and he’s the author of several books, including his most recent: We Need To Tax…
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What Comes After Capitalism? | Timothée Parrique on Degrowth, Ecology, and the Future (017)
August 20, 2026 · 1 hr 41 minMy guest today is Dr. Timothée Parrique – ecological economist and author of Slow Down or Die: The Economics of Degrowth. Tim is one of the clearest and most-cited academics in the degrowth movement. We recorded this conversation in Paris…
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How to Overcome Capitalism – Jason Hickel on Socialism, China, and the West (016)
July 29, 2026 · 1 hr 47 minMy guest today is Dr. Jason Hickel – professor at the Institute for Environmental Science & Technology (ICTA) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and author of The Divide and Less Is More. This is our second conversation on the…
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How to Solve the Climate Crisis – Johan Rockström on Planetary Boundaries & the Path Forward (015)
June 25, 2026 · 53 minMy guest today is Johan Rockström – one of the world’s leading climate scientists and the co-creator of the ‘planetary boundaries’ framework. His work is the scientific foundation for much of the new economic thinking I've explored on this…
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How Economics Failed Us – Kate Raworth on Why We Need Doughnut Economics Instead (014)
June 4, 2026 · 1 hr 21 minMy guest today is Kate Raworth – renegade economist, author of Doughnut Economics, and co-founder of the Doughnut Economics Action Lab. We get into why mainstream economics leaves out ecology, inequality, and human wellbeing – and what a…
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013 - Olivier De Schutter on Why the Economy Creates Poverty – and How To Fix It
May 13, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minMy guest today is Olivier De Schutter – UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, and one of the most important voices in the global movement to redesign the economy around human wellbeing rather than endless growth for…
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012 - Rob Hopkins on Radical Imagination & Falling in Love with the Future
April 29, 2026 · 49 minMy guest today is Rob Hopkins – co-founder of the Transition Network, a global movement supporting communities to reimagine and rebuild their local economies in response to climate and economic crisis. He's the author of several books…