The powerlessness of forced labor (with Suresh Naidu)
The powerlessness of forced labor (with Suresh Naidu)  
Podcast: Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer
Published On: Tue Sep 22 2020
Description: This week, labor market economist Suresh Naidu explains how his field attempts to account for the influence of power while studying employee/employer relationships, and unveils the hidden tricks of the coercive labor market.  Suresh Naidu is a professor of economics and international and public affairs at Columbia University as well as a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, external faculty at the Santa Fe Institute, and a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.  Twitter: @snaidunl Show us some love by leaving a rating or a review! RateThisPodcast.com/pitchforkeconomics  Further reading:  'Essential' workers are just forced laborers: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/05/21/essential-workers-pay-wages-safety-unemployment/ Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com/ Twitter: @PitchforkEcon Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer