It’s challenges have dogged the economy throughout the post-World War II era…but in each decade…the U.S. managed to adapt…to reinvent itself economically…even by absorbing some of automation’s darkest impacts.    That is…until now.  Actually…the automation story began over two centuries ago…in Great Britain…shortly after the inking of our own U.S. Constitution.  Later…three generations later…following America’s Civil War…the First Industrial Revolution finally arrived…on American shores....  Website : http://www.capitalismincrisis.org Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/CapitalismInCrisis/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/longmonsterllc/support

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Here Comes Automation... Again

Adam…next addresses his zombie colleagues…Jeremy and Joan…as the three-some winds up its visit to the thought-provoking public library in the Great Salty City.  However, little could Smith know…during the break…Robinson…on the spot...excoriated a roomful of liberal political operatives.      Neither could Smith know…also…Jeremy…is preparing to ditch Joan and Adam.  As Adam warms up, Bentham slumbers in his seat…amid visions of riding the Front Runner…back to Truthiness City.  Once there…he fanaticizes…he’ll apply for faculty work…as a guide…undermining contemporary culture…on behalf of truthiness students from conservative families.....  Content produced and written by Jim Sawyer Video produced and edited by Quincy L. Lewis --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/longmonsterllc/support

Short Terming

In our last installment, our erasable zombies were pausing for a rest break…at the Great Salty City Public Library.  Then, as she walks briskly…before rejoining Adam and Jeremy, Joan passes an open door…and a meeting of great interest.....  Content produced, written and narrated by Jim Sawyer Video produced and edited by Quincy L. Lewis --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/longmonsterllc/support

Take Your Fingers Out of Your Ears

Next, Adam Smith follows Jeremy Bentham, but our zombie ‘First Economist’ opens with an unusual proposal....  Content produced and written by Jim Sawyer Narration by Jim Sawyer Video produced and edited by Quincy L. Lewis --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/longmonsterllc/support

Indecent Proposal

When last we followed our pugnacious-leaning zombie trio through the Great Salty City, Adam, Jeremy and Joan were touring the mind-expanding library designed by internationally acclaimed architect Moshe Safdie.....  Content written and produced by Jim Sawyer Narration by Jim Sawyer Video produced and edited by Quincy L. Lewis --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/longmonsterllc/support

Assessing the Trump Presidency

Here…then…we sum up where zombienomics is taking us.  Awash in fake news and conspiracy theories…our zombie charade began with Adam Smith’s summons to the White House…to advise President Trump on how to drain the economic swamp.....  CONTENT WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY JIM SAWYER NARRATION BY JIM SAWYER VIDEO PRODUCTION AND EDITING BY QUINCY L. LEWIS www.capitalismincrisis.org --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/longmonsterllc/support

The Great Salty City

What brings you to your feet…or your knees…now…about your life?  Your country?  What are your memories…those that matter most…those people who matter most…to you?   *** I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THE BACKGROUND MUSIC...SONG BY NEIL DIAMOND CAN BE SEEN AT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFwSz... *** --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/longmonsterllc/support

Coming to America

What was shaping up as a pleasant journey…however…derails…caused by Jeremy’s seething resentment…toward the Adam-Joan duo and what Bentham considers their oppressive politics....see what happens next! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/longmonsterllc/support

Zombie Smackdown

“Father believes government-led macroeconomic policy subjugates belief…and church…to state…to an oft-hated federal government.  He believes that undermines his freedom.” Written, Produced and Narrated by Jim Sawyer. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/longmonsterllc/support

The Case for Macro Policy

It’s the prosperity gospel, you know.  Father believes he has a deal with God.  When he holds up his end, blessings will flow.....  CONTENT PRODUCED AND NARRATED BY JIM SAWYER --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/longmonsterllc/support

Fearfulness at Truthiness

In the last installment, our efficacious zombies were speeding…off into the night…following Joan’s brilliant soliloquy about ‘knowing when someone doesn’t really know…but rather, when they just think they know.’...... See the full episode to see what happens next!  Content written and produced by Jim Sawyer Narration by Jim Sawyer Video Produced by Quincy L. Lewis --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/longmonsterllc/support

Authoritarianism at Truthiness

The ‘real world’ economists study tends to present itself as ‘sorta green,’ and much less often as a bright shade of ‘lime green.’ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/longmonsterllc/support

Chicken Casserole with Lime Green Jello

When last we looked in on our beloved, co-dependent zombies…Adam was lighting up…as the duo ambles across the Great Truthiness campus, pondering events of another remarkable day..... See what happens next! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/longmonsterllc/support

Truthiness

Is there a difference between knowing and believing?  The answer…perhaps…lies at the very root of America’s contemporary culture wars. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/longmonsterllc/support

Knowing...When One Really Doesn't Know

 In our last installment, the university’s president recruited Adam and Joan to redesign Middlenutt’s MBA program.  Next, however, they were sidetracked by an urgent White House plea to return to Washington....  Capitalism In Crisis presents modules for understanding theories of capitalism.   Content produced and narrated by Jim Sawyer.    Video produced by Quincy L. Lewis.   Website : http://www.capitalismincrisis.org  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/CapitalismIn...  Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/capitalismi...  Twitter : https://twitter.com/capincrisis  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/longmonsterllc/support

A Chicken in Every Pot

CapitalismInCrisis.org is a doctrinaire and policy-oriented patch to how capitalism actually works. It prescribes how to set limits on pseudo-capitalism and pseudo-capitalists. These folks revel in gaps left behind by policy makers, elected officials and economic analysts. Tragically, even when public leaders look carefully, often they fail to recognize self-interest run amok. They fail to recognize widespread corruption within the workings of huge swaths of the economy. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/longmonsterllc/support

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