While renewable energy and organic farming are considered sustainable, they're anything but. The collapse of Sri Lanka's green agricultural sector is a warning to the rest of the world.
Populists on the rights (and left) are claiming that American prosperity came about because of high protective tariffs. But political rhetoric can't replace sound economics.
Has economics fallen to politics? Court economists like Paul Krugman—we might call them "regime economists"—represent a profession in big trouble. Jeff and Bob discuss.