Economic Nexus: Unmasking Global Power

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By: Scott Carrick

Economic Nexus: Unmasking Global Power is a deep-dive podcast that explores the hidden dynamics shaping our economic world. Each episode examines how major corporations manipulate markets, the systemic challenges workers face, and the intricate role of governments in orchestrating economic outcomes. Through interviews, investigative reporting, and insightful commentary, the podcast aims to empower listeners with a clear understanding of the economic forces at play.

The Lobbying Machine – When Money Writes the Law
Last Thursday at 4:13 PM

This episode reveals how lobbying enables corporations and the wealthy to shape laws and policies in their favor. It explores the scale of the lobbying industry, the revolving door between public office and private interests, and how legislation is often written by those it’s meant to regulate. The episode shows how lobbying blocks reforms, silences public voices, and undermines democracy—while offering ideas for reform and resistance.


The Myth of Meritocracy – Why Hard Work Isn’t Always Enough
07/29/2025

This episode challenges the popular belief that success is solely based on merit and hard work. It reveals how wealth, privilege, and systemic barriers shape economic outcomes far more than individual effort. From education to employment, the episode exposes how opportunities are distributed unequally, and how the myth of meritocracy is used to justify inequality, blame the poor, and mask structural injustice. It calls for a more honest, inclusive understanding of success—one that values fairness over fantasy.


Debt as a Weapon – How Countries Are Held Hostage
07/22/2025

This episode exposes how modern tax systems, while marketed as fair, are structured to benefit the wealthy. It explains the difference between income and wealth, and how capital gains, loopholes, offshore havens, and corporate subsidies allow the rich to avoid taxes legally. Meanwhile, the burden falls on workers and public services suffer. The episode also critiques the political and psychological strategies used to maintain this imbalance—and offers realistic solutions to reclaim fairness.


The Tax Illusion – How the Rich Avoid and the Poor Pay
07/11/2025

This episode exposes how modern tax systems, while marketed as fair, are structured to benefit the wealthy. It explains the difference between income and wealth, and how capital gains, loopholes, offshore havens, and corporate subsidies allow the rich to avoid taxes legally. Meanwhile, the burden falls on workers and public services suffer. The episode also critiques the political and psychological strategies used to maintain this imbalance—and offers realistic solutions to reclaim fairness.


Controlling the Narrative – How Media Shapes Economic Perception
06/29/2025

This episode explores how media shapes public understanding of the economy, often protecting the interests of the powerful. It reveals how media ownership, advertising influence, biased language, and distraction tactics work to suppress meaningful conversations about inequality, labor, and corporate abuse. It also examines the challenges independent voices face in breaking through these narratives. Ultimately, it shows that controlling economic stories is a form of power—and reclaiming those stories is the first step toward change.


The Global Working Class – Invisible Pillars of the Economy
06/17/2025

This episode highlights the billions of workers who fuel the global economy—yet remain underpaid, overworked, and largely invisible. It explores labor exploitation across supply chains, the gig economy trap, migrant labor, and union suppression. Special attention is given to how gender and nationality shape labor inequality. Despite widespread abuse, the episode also spotlights global labor resistance and reminds listeners that the fight for economic justice begins with empowering workers.


Governments in the Game – When Regulators Serve the Powerful
05/30/2025

his episode explores how governments often act not as regulators of corporate power but as enablers. It unpacks the "revolving door" between public office and private industry, deregulation disguised as reform, corporate subsidies that favor the rich, and the harmful consequences of privatizing public services. The episode also exposes how international trade deals and debt policies empower corporations while weakening sovereign states. Ultimately, it challenges listeners to ask: Who does the government really serve—and what can be done to reclaim public power?


The Art of Market Manipulation
05/18/2025

This episode explores how corporations manipulate markets to maintain dominance and maximize profits. It covers tactics like price control, where companies set high prices in monopolistic markets or use predatory pricing to crush smaller competitors. It also examines supply chain control, where giants like Monsanto and TSMC leverage their dominance to limit competitors' access to critical resources.

In financial markets, strategies like spoofing, pump-and-dump schemes, and high-frequency trading are used to exploit price movements. The episode also highlights how corporations influence public perception through media control and lobbying, shaping both markets and regulations in their favor.

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The Corporate Giants
05/04/2025

In this episode, we dive into the world of corporate giants—massive companies that dominate global markets and shape the economy. These companies, such as Apple, Amazon, and ExxonMobil, hold immense power over industries, societies, and governments. The episode explains how they grew through consolidation, mergers, and eliminating competition, creating monopolies or oligopolies that harm consumers by raising prices and reducing choices.

We also explore the influence of lobbying and political connections, where corporations use their wealth to shape government policies in their favor, often at the expense of the public. Additionally, the episode discusses how multinational co...


Market Mechanics 101
04/15/2025

This episode breaks down how the economy is supposed to work, laying the foundation for understanding how it’s manipulated. We explore core concepts like supply and demand, labor markets, financial systems, and the role of consumers, businesses, governments, and central banks.

Listeners learn how each part of the system—wages, prices, interest rates, trade—interacts, and how in theory it should balance out for the good of all. But in practice, powerful interests often bend the rules in their favor.

By demystifying how the economy functions, this episode sets the stage for deeper dives into h...


The Hidden Hand
04/02/2025

The economy often seems like an unpredictable force, but behind every major market movement, there are powerful players pulling the strings. This episode uncovers how corporations, governments, and financial elites manipulate economic systems for their own gain while ordinary people bear the consequences.

We explore real-world examples like the 2008 financial crisis, where reckless banking practices led to a global collapse, yet the institutions responsible were bailed out while millions lost their jobs and homes. We examine financial engineering, policy control, and media influence as tools used by the elite to maintain their dominance.

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