Is Biden the Next FDR?

Episode #41

This week, Bill and Phil are joined by Dr. Brandon Sheridan who is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Elon University to discuss President Biden’s ambitious economic agenda and whether it signals a fundamental rethinking of the role of government in the economy. Then we talk about the impact of politics on professional sports. and new data on the Jan. 6 attacks released by the Chicago Project on Security and Threats.

Reading from this week’s episode:

• “Biden and the waning of the ‘neoliberal’ era” by Ishaan Tharoor in The Washington Post

• “Opinion: What an analysis of 377 Americans arrested or charged in the Capitol insurrection tells us” by Robert Pape in The Washington Post

• “Fears of White People Losing Out Permeate Capitol Rioters’ Towns, Study Finds” by Alan Feuer in The New York Times

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