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Interview with Larry Summers, Former Secretary of the Treasury | The Problem with Jon Stewart

The Problem With Jon Stewart · 1.4M views · 2023-03-17 · 7:52

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A short excerpt of Jon Stewart interviewing former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers about the causes of inflation and whether workers or corporate profits are to blame. It comes from an episode of The Problem With Jon Stewart.

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HN commenters link it in threads on greedflation and corporate pricing power as an accessible exchange of opposing views.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2023–2024

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Macroeconomics & financial crisesLabor, work & inequality
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Supermancho · 2023-10 · Recommendation

I dunno. I think he's the only person doing serious journalism. He had access and was willing to speak truth to power, publicly. [VIDEO] [LINK] It's not surprising that the show was finally shuttered.

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batmaniam · 2023-06 · Recommendation

Jon Stewart touches on this issue (but for the US): [VIDEO] It's rather funny (and sad) to watch the entire conversation reflecting how inflation solutions are geared towards benefiting corporations over the people.

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bb88 · 2023-05 · Recommendation

There's an episode of The Problem With Jon Stewart about two months ago where he interviews Larry Summers about inflation in general and corporate profits being part of the issue. It's a real good exchange of viewpoints on the matter -- better than you'd get with most other commentary. Relevant clip is here: [VIDEO]

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