You cannot talk about economy without being an economist, can you? 
Actually, you can, and if you've ever added "engineer" to the end of whatever it is you do, you know where this is going.

Is MMT the next big thing?
Is supply side economics ever going to work for anyone in the lower 90%? 
Universal Basic Income vs Job Guarantees, do they make sense?
Economists like Macro, but the people make the economy, how about some Micro?
And so much more as we take on this huge topic into the future...

A few books mentioned

The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton
Arguing With Zombies by Paul Krugman
The Case For a Jobs Guarantee by Pavlina R Tcherneva

Several references as well to Prof Mark Blyth, proper links to some excellent presentations (available via YouTube) coming for the next lap around the Economeering topic...
This one is vast so while this is the planting of seeds for what is likely several topic arcs, it did not get into so much of the what works and what doesn't facets, which will follow as we focus on particular issues with, one might hope, particular guests and audience in our interactions.
Note this episode is posting on New Years Eve (UTC-8), just in time to wrap it up with a 2020 sticker. Listen for Meta episodes about the show itself, wherein we can figure out how best to interact with people in live streams.
As with all topic arcs, this is To Be Continued...

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