Adam Green is Co-Founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a grassroots organization with a million members that engages in electoral and issue advocacy work -- with a focus on economic populism and democracy issues. 

For four years, he worked as Director of Strategic Campaigns and Civic Communications Director for MoveOn.org

Morris Pearl is the Board Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires. Previously, Mr. Pearl was a managing director at BlackRock, one of the largest investment firms in the world. Prior to BlackRock, Mr. Pearl had a long tenure on Wall Street where he invented some of the securitization technology connecting America’s capital markets to consumers in need of credit. He co-authored Tax the Rich: How Lies, Loopholes and Lobbyists Make the Rich Richer, and the upcoming Pay the People: Why Fair Pay is Good for Business and Great for America.

The Maggie Daun Show is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 2-4 pm across the network. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Maggie and the show!

Michele Evermore is a Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation and former Biden Department of Labor official

This morning, the Labor Department released their October jobs report, showing that the US economy only added 12,000 jobs over the last month.

The Maggie Daun Show is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 2-4 pm across the network. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Maggie and the show!

The Maggie Daun Show is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 2-4 pm across the network. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Maggie and the show!

She was a licensed broker in the East Bay Hills near Oakland, CA.  Before that, she served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at HUD during the Clinton Administration, and ran the Farmer’s Home Administration with a team of 5000 staffers across the country delivering housing and community assets to rural America.  She’s a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School.

The Maggie Daun Show is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 2-4 pm across the network. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Maggie and the show!

Beverly Pestel is a retired chemistry professor who returned to her home state of Wisconsin to restore an old farmhouse and become a tree farmer in Richland County. After the 2016 election, she realized that standing on the sidelines politically was a mistake and began researching social and political issues. In 2022, she began writing columns for the small independent newspaper, Valley Sentinel, out of Spring Green.

She’s a member of Economic Equity Now, a nonpartisan group working towards a fairer tax code.

Dr. Karen Seal Stewart is a retired business professor, Real Estate Broker, Registered Investment Advisor, and Certified Financial Planner. 

She was the former owner/operator of 4 Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, and is a member of the Patriotic Millionaires.

Morris Pearl is the Board Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires. Previously, Mr. Pearl was a managing director at BlackRock, one of the largest investment firms in the world. Prior to BlackRock, Mr. Pearl had a long tenure on Wall Street where he invented some of the securitization technology connecting America’s capital markets to consumers in need of credit. He co-authored Tax the Rich: How Lies, Loopholes and Lobbyists Make the Rich Richer, and the upcoming Pay the People: Why Fair Pay is Good for Business and Great for America.

David Sirota is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Lever, an investigative news outlet focused on exposing corruption in America. In 2022, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for conceiving the story for Netflix's Don't Look Up alongside co-writer and director Adam McKay. Sirota has been a columnist for Guardian US, editor-at-large for American left publication Jacobin and senior investigations editor for The International Business Times. He has also worked as television writer and radio host.

In politics, he has held roles such as campaign manager, fundraiser, spokesperson, strategist, and consultant for a variety of left-leaning Democratic candidates and office holders. He twice worked for Bernie Sanders, both when Sanders was a member of the House and as part of his 2020 presidential campaign, where he served as a senior advisor and speechwriter.

Emily Stewart is a senior correspondent at Business Insider, writing about business and the economy. Previously, she worked at Vox and TheStreet. She’s here to talk about one of our favorite issues - the minimum wage. Emily has spent years reporting, for both Business Insider and Vox, on the state of the minimum wage and the struggles of working people who are earning barely enough to get by.

With a career spanning over three decades, George tackled everything from federal financial reform to local battles for better trash cans. His work won billions in mortgage relief, reformed housing programs, and fought for community needs in the wake of crises. From organizing in the aftermath of environmental disasters to pioneering rural organizing with People’s Action, George has a proven track record of turning community struggles into victories.

Mike Madowitz is the principal economist for the Roosevelt Institute. The Roosevelt Institute is a think tank that focuses on corporate and public power, labor and wages, and the economics of race and gender inequality.

Mike is also on the Data Users Advisory Committee for the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. He previously held roles at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, Center for American Progress, Resources for the Future, and the Brookings Institution.

When our economy struggles, Americans often hear it blamed on "supply chain issues." What does that really mean? For today's edition of Maggie and the Millionares Talking Money, Maggie welcomes Peter Goodman to share his expertise. He is the New York Times’ global economics correspondent, the author of Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World, and his newest book, How the World Ran Out of Everything: Inside the Global Supply Chain.

Jeff is the CEO of American Promise, a cross-partisan organization working to pass a constitutional amendment that takes big money out of politics. He’s practiced law for three decades in both public service and private practice, and is the author of Corporations Are Not People: Reclaiming Democracy From Big Money & Global Corporations.

Sarah Chayes is an author and journalist. She's done everything from reporting for National Public Radio in Paris to covering the fall and resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Sarah served as a special advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She's also served as senior associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sarah is an expert on corruption. What it looks like in the modern world, how it’s captured our institutions, and what that means for the future.

Fatima Goss Graves a nationally recognized leader in the fight for gender justice and an expert in law, policy, and culture change. She is the president and CEO of the National Women's Law Center, and a co-founder of the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund. Fatima joins Maggie to talk about the prevailing disparities in today's economy on the basis of sex and gender.

Sister Alice Gerdeman of the Congregation of Divine Providence of Kentucky is a long term educator, advocate for peace and justice issues, and Coordinator of the Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center in Cincinnati

Sister Quincy Howard of the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters, who works in community development, disaster recovery and resilience planning, environmental advocacy, and policy analysis

Sisters Quincy and Alice come to us from NETWORK Lobby for Social Justice, a national Catholic advocacy organization working to shape federal policies to achieve racial, economic, and social justice.

Morris Pearl is the Board Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires. Previously, Mr. Pearl was a managing director at BlackRock, one of the largest investment firms in the world. Prior to BlackRock, Mr. Pearl had a long tenure on Wall Street where he invented some of the securitization technology connecting America’s capital markets to consumers in need of credit. He co-authored Tax the Rich: How Lies, Loopholes and Lobbyists Make the Rich Richer, and the upcoming Pay the People: Why Fair Pay is Good for Business and Great for America.

Stephen Prince is the Vice-Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires. Born poor in Waycross, Georgia In 1993, he founded National Business Products – now known as Card Market, Inc. – as a gift card and in-store marketing material production company. Basically he sells gift cards, a lot of them. Since selling the majority of his company in 2019, Stephen has focused on his real estate investments, traveling, and his efforts to make the USA what it was before, in his words, greed and short-sightedness took over the country.

Ai-jen Poo is a next-generation labor leader, award-winning organizer, author, and a leading voice in the women’s movement. She is the president of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, executive director of Caring Across Generations and a trustee of the Ford Foundation. Poo is a nationally recognized expert on the care economy and is the author of the celebrated book The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America.

Heidi is President of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). Under her leadership, EPI has fought for legislative and regulatory reforms that support collective bargaining, increase worker power, improve wages, benefits, and working conditions, and reduce racial and gender inequities. Heidi is a Former Chief Economist for the Department of Labor under President Obama. As Chief Economist for the DOL, she focused on boosting workers’ rights, wages, and benefits. 

Born and raised in the Mon Valley of Pennsylvania, Rep. Lee is a dedicated organizer, attorney, and progressive state legislator. She graduated from Penn State and Howard University School of Law, where she focused on civil rights and social justice advocacy. She worked as labor organizer, joining the Fight for $15 to increase the minimum wage. In 2018, Lee won a seat in the State House. Despite taking on a 20-year incumbent she doubled voter turnout, winning with over 67% of the vote. In 2022, Summer made history when she was elected to the US House of Representatives for Pennsylvania’s 12th District, becoming the first Black woman ever elected to Congress from Western Pennsylvania.

Maggie and Summer talk about introducing the American Stability Act, The American Stability Act is a powerful legislative solution to the ongoing threat posed by destabilizing levels of economic inequality. The legislation combines tax and wage reforms into a single bill that establishes a more sustainable relationship between labor and capital and that will permanently insulate American workers against disruptions caused by an evolving technological landscape.

Scott Ellis is a founding Board Member of the Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute. He is also a member of the Patriotic Millionaires.

Nabil, Scott, and Maggie talk about the newest report out of Oxfam on extreme wealth inequality.

Celinda Lake is the President of Lake Research Partners, a leading Democratic polling firm, and therefore one of the Democratic Party’s leading political strategists. She was one of two lead pollsters for the Biden campaign in 2020 and continues to serve as a pollster to the Democratic National Committee (DNC), other national party committees, and dozens of Democratic incumbents and challengers. Celinda and her firm are known for cutting-edge research on issues including the economy, health care, the environment, and education. She has worked with the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Democratic Attorneys General Association (DAGA), AFL-CIO, SEIU, CWA, IAFF, NRDC, ecoAmerica, NARAL, Human Rights Campaign, Planned Parenthood, The Next Generation, EMILY's List, VoteVets Action Fund, and the Kaiser Family Foundation.

One of the best ways that the people can regain power? Increase extreme wealth and corporate tax rates.

Cat Hadley: Director of the Great Economy Project, longtime Michigan economic justice advocate. And a trustee of the Ann Arbor Library board.

• Executive Director of the Open Markets Institute, a think tank focused on exposing the dangers of monopolization and educating lawmakers about policies that facilitate open, competitive markets.
• They focus especially closely on the threats that online “platform monopolies” pose to the free exchange of ideas.
• Lynn authored three books: End of the Line (2005), Cornered (2010), and Liberty from All Masters (2020).
• Previously, Lynn was Executive Editor of Global Business Magazine and a correspondent for the Associated Press and Agence France Presse in South America.

Senior Advisor for Tax Policy at Patriotic Millionaires

• 30+ year career as a tax lawyer
• Testified before the Senate Finance Committee earlier today
• Associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies

She is the author of the forthcoming book, GOUGED: The End of a Fair Price in America.

• Founding board member of the Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute.
• Harvard and Stanford graduate
• Formerly of McKinsey and Silicon Valley
• Patriotic Millionaire

He is the Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies.

Previously, Lazonick was an assistant and associate professor of economics at Harvard University and a professor of economics at Barnard College of Columbia University.

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Prince argues that if voters make MONEY the primary factor in casting their votes in November, they can wrestle control of the economy from wealthy elites once and for all, and ensure that working people have the economy they deserve regardless of what political party is in charge. He’s here to help. But to be effective change-makers for themselves and their communities, voters must ask the right questions, and demand answers from their elected representatives. Why haven’t lawmakers raised the wage floor in 15 years? Why do rich people get a 50% off coupon on their taxes? When is $1,000 more than $1 million? And why does all this matter?

Americans disagree on pretty much everything these days – guns, immigration, transgender athletes, abortion, you name it. But regardless of political party, most working people agree that we have a MONEY problem in the United States – more specifically, that a handful of wealthy people have too much of it and millions of working people have too little of it. Lawmakers need to raise the wage floor so the middle class has a strong foundation to stand on and so businesses have customers with money to spend. The tax system values every dollar a rich person makes over every dollar a regular person makes. No wonder everyone is so ticked off!

This debut episode of TALK MONEY will put you in the driver's seat of the economy. Listen in!