{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6256a2f65777950013fadde6/6aa020993dd40cf71e36d51e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"We Are Living Under Mr Burns","description":"<p>I finally did it. I finally made an 'economics of the simpsons' video.</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks to my editor and my supporters!</p><p><br></p><p>Patreon: patreon.com/unlearneconomics</p><p>Means TV: means.tv/programs/unlearning-economics</p><p>Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/unlearningeconomics</p><p><br></p><p>References (in rough order of appearance)</p><p>The World's Billionaires, Forbes</p><p>Consumer Price Index, US Bureau of Labor Statistics</p><p>Distributional Financial Accounts, Federal Reserve https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/</p><p>Share of Net Worth Held by the Top 1%, FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WFRBST01134</p><p>A blueprint for a coordinated minimum effective taxation standard for ultra-high-net-worth individuals, Zucman https://gabriel-zucman.eu/files/report-g20.pdf</p><p>Takers Not Makers, Oxfam</p><p>The Antitrust Paradox, Bork</p><p>Amazon's Antitrust Paradox, Khan, Yale Law Journal Vol. 126</p><p>The Everything Store, Stone</p><p>DOGE, USAID cuts and excess deaths, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x4ZHWjDcf4</p><p>The Wage Standard, Dube</p><p>Monopsony in Movers: The Elasticity of Labor Supply to Firm Wage Policies, Bassier, Dube &amp; Naidu, Journal of Human Resources (2022)</p><p>State of Working America Data Library, Economic Policy Institute https://data.epi.org</p><p>The Effect of Minimum Wages on Low-Wage Jobs, Cengiz, Dube, Lindner &amp; Zipperer, Quarterly Journal of Economics (2019)</p><p>American Capitalism: The Concept of Countervailing Power, Galbraith</p><p>Unions and Inequality over the Twentieth Century: New Evidence from Survey Data, Farber, Herbst, Kuziemko &amp; Naidu, Quarterly Journal of Economics (2021)</p><p>Trade union density, OECD/AIAS ICTWSS database https://www.oecd.org</p><p>Julia Pyke interview, Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4 (2025)</p><p>Simpsons will cool it with N-plant jokes, Associated Press / Deseret News (1990) https://www.deseret.com/1990/12/26/18897868/simpsons-will-cool-it-with-n-plant-jokes/</p><p>Simpsons Spurs Ire of Nuclear Industry, Harvard Crimson (1990) https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1990/12/6/simpsons-spurs-ire-of-nuclear-industry/</p><p>What are the safest and cleanest sources of energy?, Ritchie, Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy</p><p>Electricity generation and health, Markandya &amp; Wilkinson, The Lancet (2007)</p><p>Balancing safety with sustainability: assessing the risk of accidents for modern low-carbon energy systems, Sovacool et al., Journal of Cleaner Production (2016)</p><p>Fifth Assessment Report, Working Group III, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2014)</p><p>Levelized Cost of Energy+, Lazard https://www.lazard.com</p><p>Hinkley Point C, National Audit Office</p><p>Flamanville 3 cost review, Cour des comptes</p><p>The costs of the French nuclear scale-up: a case of negative learning by doing, Grubler, Energy Policy (2010)</p><p>Historical construction costs of global nuclear power reactors, Lovering, Yip &amp; Nordhaus, Energy Policy (2016)</p><p>World Nuclear Industry Status Report, Schneider et al. https://www.worldnuclearreport.org</p>","author_name":"Unlearning Economics"}