Welcome to the Digital Left's premier gonzo economic news podcast. We read this shit so you don't have to! This podcast is not intended as investment advice. You should not base any decisions taken regarding any security on any statements made in the course of this podcast. None of the hosts are even remotely qualified to give advice, never mind actionable advice on investments. Ask somebody who’s paid to fall on their sword for their investment advice being wrong.
We're back everyone! After a long hiatus, the crew has returned to unravel how the economy is good and truly fucked, why this is the case, and what you can expect from our brainwormed economic thinkers and policymakers. Buckle up, this one is gonna get bumpy!
Welcome, everyone, to the long-awaited Russian invasion fucking up the economy special! Join Doc Spyder and Harls for our dive into how sanctions on Russia will most likely wreck globalization and bring on economic collapse like it's going out of style.
That's right, it's a stocks episode! Join the Chop Shop crew for why they suddenly matter again, how central bank policy is not another Volcker Shock, what this means for economic recovery, and more!
Welcome, everyone, to our totally not dark and terrifying dive into involuntary COVID shutdown, what it might look like, and why the Chop Shop Crew thinks Kamala Harris' awful Today Show appearance strongly foreshadows one. Hold on tight, this one gets rough!
The J6 anniversary has come and the Dems decided the best thing to do was to show some Hamilton. Join us for why this shit shows the US political-corporate class, from Biden on down, is terminally stupid, clueless, and how we can make something better out of this mess.
Current events got a bit too grim for us so instead we decided it'd be fun to riff on why money is bullshit and how this makes our economy a total catastrophe! Join your hosts for a jaunty tour of how money became debt, ideas on how to abolish debt, and more!
We were right! The ghouls over at McKinsey just confirmed the Chop Shop It's All Fraud thesis is correct. Join your hosts for some gloating, the Mad Max-style raids on Louis Vuitton and Nordstroms, how COP26 did nothing, and more!
It looks like Christmas is cancelled! Joining your hosts is a special guest expert, codename No L, to explain what's up, how the maritime supply chain is melting down, and why this matters for more than just your holiday spending.
Good news everyone, we have a supply chain crisis! Join the Chop Shop crew for what's going on, what the fuck Just In Time Logistics means, why Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen may have said something based, and more.
Welcome, listeners, to the Chop Shop Striketober Special! Labor action has gone off the charts in the past few weeks and in honor of this momentous occasion, we are having a special to dive into the strike wave, the so-called Labor Shortage, the Great Resignation, and more!
It looks like Facebook has finally managed to eat a well-deserved raft of shit and we here at Chop Shop are gonna tell you all about it. Join us for a deep-dive into WTF actually happened, what this means for our floundering economy, and more!
It looks like we've got ourselves a Lehman and their name is Evergrande. Join the Chop Shop hosts for why this one might just blow out the global economy, the new strike wave engulfing America, Costco's supply chain woes, and more!
It's happening! CNBC has just posted the first real hint that finance knows the game is up and they're making a break for the exits. Join us for this fuckery, Epik Fail, Bloomberg talking about supply chains, and more! Link of Nabisco Assault on Workers: https://mobile.twitter.com/danielvmedia/status/1438239653685985281
It looks like everyone just got cut off! Join the Chop Shop Crew for how badly federal unemployment expiring will ruin everyone's day, IATSE gearing up for their first industry-wide strike ever, Biden's vax mandate, and more!
Welcome, everyone, to our rundown of the recent US Supreme Court decision to overturn the CDC's federal eviction moratorium, clearing the way for the largest unhousing of Americans since the Great Depression. Join us for how bad it might get, what this means for the economic recovery, and more!
Just when you thought the economic recovery was gaining traction those meddling kids at Chop Shop had to go and spoil everything! Join us for why this recovery is so anemic, what you might expect, and the inevitable Second Great Depression.
Some wannabe space cowboys had a very public hard-on and you bet we've got something to say about it! Join the Chop Shop Crew for a solid riffing on Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson, the Eviction moratorium, and more.
Madison Cawthorn opened his CHUD mouth and we've got something to say about it! Join the Chop Shop crew for the latest COVID shenanigans, Chinese Millenials slacking off, a boiling lake, the shipping container clusterfuck, and more.
Donald Rumsfeld has finally crossed the threshold of Hell! Join the Chop Shop crew for this momentous occasion, the Great Resignation, why this supply chain shit matters, and more.
Looks like the cost savings from remote work just aren't enough for the bosses! Join the Chop Shop crew for the alleged return to the office, the continuing supply chain crisis, and more.
JP Morgan hath spoken and their prophecy is sounding pretty grim. Join us for our take on their tea leaves, labor solidarity with Palestine, the crypto crash, Angela Nagle missing the fucking point, and more!
Hello Inflation our old friend, we've come to talk about you again! Join us for why this blast from the past has come to the US economy, the trial of Bolsonaro, pipeline fuckery, and more!
It looks like everyone is saying the dread I word ... INFLATION! Re-opening just isn't as smooth as it was supposed to be and the Chop Shop crew is going to tell you why and more!
And we're right back to the Danger Zone! Join the Chop Shop crew for our takes on the fallout of J6, the growing supply chain crisis, the latest round of police brutality, and more.
Welcome to the newest season of Jackass Wall Street! Join the Chop Shop crew for the hilarious thrills, chills, and spills of watching Wall Street trade crypto like Johnny Knoxville, Coca-Cola hiking their prices, and more!
Welcome to Part Two of our Egypt Special. In this segment, we will dive into the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, its immediate consequences, and Egypt in the present day including their growing influence within the African Union.
Just when you thought finance couldn't fuck up more, the bastards used Bitcoin to make coal plants worse. Join the Chop Shop Crew for how crypto will kill the economy, fashion tips for the 2021 Riot Season, and more!
Say what you will about Egypt, it's never boring! Joining us today in the studio is Ahmed, frequent contributor to Cosmonaut and several other podcasts, to give us the scoop. In Part One we will dive a bit into Egyptian society and modern history from Nasser to the causes of the 2011 Revolution.
Welcome back, friends, to Chop Shop Economics and just in time for the Ever Given to get unstuck. Join us for this shocking development, Amazon being evil, Matthew Yglesias being awful, and more!
A funny thing happened in the Suez Canal and we're going to tell you all about how it fucked up the global economy for a hot second. Join the Chop Shop Crew for this tomfoolery, why neoliberalism hates UBI, and more!
Jerome Powell flipped a table this week and Chop Shop is here to pick through the wreckage. Join us for these shenanigans, the Wall Street Journal reading the writing on the wall, our one and ONLY appeal to reformist action, and more!
Hot on the heels of Harry and Meaghan is the Chop Shop Crew asking the immortal question: will the United Kingdom survive Joe Biden? Join us for the escalating Eire emergency, the paranoia of the British tabloids, and more! If you want to hear the rest of this track, please drop $5 in our Patreon at patreon.com/chopshopeconomics
Welcome back, Chop Shop fans, to the latest from the American hellstorm. We've got it all, from Disneyland demanding for your souls, Kyrsten Sinema's grotesque girlboss energy, to Bitcoin breaking Wall Street's brain, and more! Title card by Rise Comics
It really says something that we can only name a handful of things that Joe Biden has done right. Join us for one of those things, Texas' continued woes, the Federal Reserve fucking up again, a new Oil War, and more! Title Card made by Rise Comics
Joining us in the studio today is Milo from Trash Future and guest co-host Lynn. We will cover everything from the fuckery that is Brexit to the general mess that is UK politics, the SNP, and more! If you want to hear the rest of this episode please visit our Patreon at patreon.com/chopshopeconomics and throw a fiver our way.
Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, Texas froze over. Join us for the polar vortex, the IMF dissing neoliberalism, Blue State COVID fuckery, Fight for $15, Bitcoin going bananas, and more! Special thanks to Rise Comics for the sweet title card!
It's back and better than before! Join the Chop Shop crew for our latest on the state of the USA with highlights like the IRS going after the Capitol Riot moneybags, the trial of Donald Trump, and more! If you want to hear the rest of this track and more sweet bonus content, toss $5 in our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/chopshopeconomics
Just when you thought 2021 couldn't get any weirder, Chuckie cuts loose in Texas. Join the Chop Shop crew as we dig into this strangeness, Amazon union elections, oil eating shit, Brexit fuckery, and more!
Joining us in the studio today is Cory Doctorow, the science fiction author known for his copyleft advocacy. We talk with Cory about Amazon and Silicon Valley's monopolistic practices, their use of surveillance to protect their positions, and more! If you like this track, support this podcast, and want to hear more special content please visit our Patreon at patreon.com/chopshopeconomics
A funny thing happened in stocks this week when angry Redditors sacked Melvin Capital, liberated GameStop, and turned Wall Street upside down. Join the Chop Shop Crew for a deep dive into how this happened, what might be next, and more!
Just when you thought it was safe to go primate, coconut milk interests start enslaving monkeys. Join the Chop Shop Crew for this assholery, GameStop stocks clowning hedge funds, Biden's COVID policy, and more!
Viva Blue Demon insurgency thought! Join the gang at Chop Shop for the latest craze sweeping Mexico City, the impending African boom, Amazon's failed nuking of Parler, Brexit woes, and more!
A funny thing happened at the Capitol Building last week and the gang's all here to assure you it's normal to be flipping the fuck out right now. Join the whole Chop Shop crew for our take on January 6th, the fallout, and more!
We're back just in time for 2021 to kick things off! Join us for some richly deserved dragging on Paul Krugman, the Alphabet Workers Union, the consumer credit disaster, Brexit bullshit, and more! RIP Alexi Laiho
Welcome, Chop Shop fans, to the episode where the crew finally cracks on air! Whether it's the stimulus fuckery in DC, Eurostonks eating shit, or Brexit's impending disaster we've got it all and more!
The 20s are back, or at least the business press wishes they were! Join the Chop Shop crew as laugh at such tomfoolery, sneer at the shit US stimulus, gasp at Justin Nobel's new finds on fracking, and more!
We've referenced it and threatened this since Day One, so here it is: the Big Short! Join the Chop Shop Crew for this savage journey, the debate over who the villain is, water securities, and more. If you would like to watch with this Chop Shop Crew commentary toss $5 in the jar at www.patreon.com/chopshopeconomics, load up "The Big Short", and press play when we say go!
Just when you thought the economy was safe, Rick Santelli opened his mouth again. Tune in to the Chop Shop crew for his fuckery, DC COVID stupidity, based Indian farmers, water futures, and more!
One of the biggest, and probably best, things to come out of 2020 was the irreversible damage inflicted on the oil industry. The rapid retreat of this once untouchable industry has transformed the battle for a liveable planet. Join Chop Shop as we dig in to the causes and consequences of the Death of Oil.
With Election 2020 fading away a new question arises: does Joe Biden's team truly get how fucked things are? Join the Chop Shop crew as we dig for answers and stumble through the US COVID apocalypse, striking Amazon workers, Exxon-Mobil's woes, and more!
Welcome, Chop Shop fans, to our thorough, fair, and totally gonzo takedown of the economic side of Obama's largely ineffectual shitshow of a presidency and just in time for Turkey Day! Join us for a stroll down memory lane as we relive some highlights dating back to when Obama had the power to change everything ... and fucked us all over. If you would like to hear this full track toss a fiver in our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/chopshopeconomics
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