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

Why HN readers recommended it

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

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

The Problem With Jon Stewart

Topic

inflation economics

Format

interview

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

10

Recommendation years in dataset

2023–2024

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From the original HN conversations

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• Lots point to Covid-19 ppp and spending to be the cause of inflation. When the majority is supply chain and corporate opportunist. Great interview with Jon Stewart ad fed chair here: [VIDEO]

• 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 …

• 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.