Who are the winners and losers in our skill development system? How can we move the onus of skill further into the purview of employers and away from our education system? UNC Professor Nichola Lowe talks to Goldy about the future of “skill” as we know it in the economy, and what’s at stake if we get it wrong.  Nichola Lowe is a professor in City and Regional Planning at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her work focuses on the institutional arrangements that lead to more inclusive forms of urban and regional economic development.  Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/lowe_nichola?lang=en">@lowe_nichola</a>Putting Skill to Work: How to Create Good Jobs in Uncertain Times: <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/putting-skill-work">https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/putting-skill-work</a>  Website: <a href="http://pitchforkeconomics.com/">http://pitchforkeconomics.com/</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/PitchforkEcon">@PitchforkEcon</a>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pitchforkeconomics/?hl=en">@pitchforkeconomics</a>Nick’s twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/nickhanauer?lang=en">@NickHanauer</a>

Why philanthropy isn’t the answer (with Anand Giridharadas)

We are living through a paradigm shift from trickle-down neoliberalism to middle-out economics — a new understanding of who gets what and why. Join zillionaire class-traitor Nick Hanauer and some of the world’s leading economic and political thinkers as they explore the latest thinking on how the economy actually works.