The Uncertain Hour

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No. 52 in GovernmentNew

Each season, we explain the weird, complicated and often unequal American economy — and why some people get ahead and some get left behind. Host Krissy Clark dives into obscure policies and forgotten histories to explain why America is like it is. The latest season examines the “welfare-to-work industrial complex” and the multi-million dollar companies running today’s for-profit welfare centers.

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1. Integration Generation (bonus episode from “Unlocking the Gates”)March 7, 2025 · 23 min
2. The $80 Million Acre (from “How We Survive”)November 14, 2023 · 33 min
3. Chapter 6: The Welfare to Temp Work PipelineApril 26, 2023 · 55 min
4. Chapter 5: Profits and Perverse IncentivesApril 19, 2023 · 49 min
5. Chapter 4: The Battle of NewburghApril 12, 2023 · 36 min
6. Chapter 3: Race and rumorApril 5, 2023 · 36 min
7. Chapter 2: The compliance machineMarch 29, 2023 · 54 min
8. Chapter 1: The dreamMarch 22, 2023 · 45 min
9. Season 6: The Welfare-to-Work Industrial ComplexMarch 15, 2023 · 4 min
10. 25 years after welfare reform, let’s revisit “the magic bureaucrat”August 20, 2021 · 41 min

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