https://punkonomics.org Edgy thought-provoking posts, commentaries, and interviews by Dr. Beni Balak on today’s social economics and geopolitical issues helping decipher the misinformation propaganda inflicted on our society by today’s corporate media profiteers and their political facilitators. Dr. Balak is an economics professor at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. He currently teaches various courses on economics, media, and propaganda. Co-hosting the podcast with Dr. Balak, is Jesse Velez, a recently graduated honor student double major in Psychology and International Affairs at Rollins College Hamilton Holt School. Jesse Velez is a retired International Flight Attendant Purser whose experience as a world traveler will add different perspectives to the issues Dr. Balak will be hammering away every week on this new innovative show. Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:56:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ 41438477 An anarchistic, scholarly, and entertaining program with punk-pop-economist-at-large Dr. Beni Balak and Co-Host Jesse Velez of WPRK 91.5 FM. "Get tuned in, turned on, and drop out of ignorance!" Benjamin Balak intellectual property is theft! no economics,politics,punk,radical,bipartisan,history,current,education,realwith Dr. Beni Balak & Jesse Velezdearbalak@punkonomics.orgBenjamin Balak https://punkonomics.org/2016/04/13/120-2-avi-baranes-on-financialization-mergers-and-innovation-from-an-old-institutional-economics-perspective/ Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:56:22 +0000 http://punkonomics.org/?p=4725 3259 3259 3259 3259 4725Punkonomics (@dearbalak) Part 2 of our conversation with Avi. We definitely need him back ASAP for more! Special guest: Avi Baranes on financialization in general, and the pharmaceutical industry in particular I’ve been discussing this with Avi in between work since we hired him last year, and have learned a great deal from this promising young (old) Institutional […] dearbalak minsky-moment dearbalak@punkonomics.org (Benjamin Balak)noPart 2 of our conversation with Avi. We definitely need him back ASAP for more! Special guest: Avi Baranes on financialization in general, and the pharmaceutical industry in particular I’ve been discussing this with Avi in between work since we hired him last year, and have learned a great deal from this promising young (old) Institutional […]economics,politics,punk,radical,bipartisan,history,current,education,real https://punkonomics.org/2016/04/13/120-1-avi-baranes-on-financialization-mergers-and-innovation-from-an-old-institutional-economics-perspective/ Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:47:32 +0000 http://punkonomics.org/?p=4712 3021 3021 3021 3021 3021 3021 3021 3021 3021 3021 3021 3021 4712Punkonomics (@dearbalak) Special guest: Avi Baranes on financialization in general, and the pharmaceutical industry in particular I’ve been discussing this with Avi in between work since we hired him last year, and have learned a great deal from this promising young (old) Institutional Economist! He’ll tell us about his PhD research at the University of Missouri at Kansas […] dearbalak PillsCash dearbalak@punkonomics.org (Benjamin Balak)noSpecial guest: Avi Baranes on financialization in general, and the pharmaceutical industry in particular I’ve been discussing this with Avi in between work since we hired him last year, and have learned a great deal from this promising young (old) Institutional Economist! He’ll tell us about his PhD research at the University of Missouri at Kansas […]economics,politics,punk,radical,bipartisan,history,current,education,real https://punkonomics.org/2016/04/08/119-2-special-guest-eric-rollings-chairman-of-the-orange-soil-water-conservation-district/ Fri, 08 Apr 2016 21:06:27 +0000 http://punkonomics.org/?p=4701 3084 4701Punkonomics (@dearbalak) We spent the entire 2 hours with  Eric Rollings (chairman of the Orange Soil & Water Conservation District). We look forward to having Eric back on the show soon. dearbalak dearbalak@punkonomics.org (Benjamin Balak)noWe spent the entire 2 hours with  Eric Rollings (chairman of the Orange Soil & Water Conservation District). We look forward to having Eric back on the show soon.economics,politics,punk,radical,bipartisan,history,current,education,real https://punkonomics.org/2016/04/08/119-1-special-guest-eric-rollings-chairman-of-the-orange-soil-water-conservation-district/ Fri, 08 Apr 2016 21:01:25 +0000 http://punkonomics.org/?p=4689 3343 3343 3343 3343 3343 3343 3343 3343 3343 3343 3343 3343 4689Punkonomics (@dearbalak) We were joined by returning guest: Eric Rollings, chairman of the Orange Soil and Water Conservation District dearbalak dearbalak@punkonomics.org (Benjamin Balak)noWe were joined by returning guest: Eric Rollings, chairman of the Orange Soil and Water Conservation Districteconomics,politics,punk,radical,bipartisan,history,current,education,real https://punkonomics.org/2016/04/06/118-2-i-think-even-were-getting-sick-of-it-lol/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 14:23:08 +0000 http://punkonomics.org/?p=4673 2963 2963 2963 2963 2963 2963 2963 2963 2963 2963 2963 2963 4673Punkonomics (@dearbalak) dearbalak wpid-wp-1421177647502.jpeg dearbalak@punkonomics.org (Benjamin Balak)noeconomics,politics,punk,radical,bipartisan,history,current,education,real