Mehrsa Baradaran
Professor of law at the University of California, Irvine, and author specializing in banking, finance, and racial economic inequality; author of The Racial Wealth Gap: A Brief History.
Top 3 podcasts with Mehrsa Baradaran
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Nov 25, 2025 • 48min
The Quiet Coup: Neoliberalism and the Looting of America (with Mehrsa Baradaran)
Law professor Mehrsa Baradaran, an expert on banking law and inequality, joins the conversation to discuss the pervasive influence of neoliberalism. She describes how this ideology restructured our legal and political systems, turning them into tools for capital over democracy. Baradaran connects neoliberalism's roots to racial inequality and highlights how it operates like an algorithm, fueling systemic economic disparities. She proposes community-centered investment solutions to combat these entrenched issues, drawing from her own experiences.
May 11, 2024 • 54min
How Neoliberalism Scammed America
Legal scholar Mehrsa Baradaran discusses how the neoliberalism movement made the American economy more oppressive, especially against black and brown people. Also, a scandal reveals a misogynistic party culture at the FDIC. Plus, a debunking of the Jewish space lasers theory behind the California wildfires.
Feb 6, 2026 • 46min
Why we haven’t fixed the racial wealth gap
Mehrsa Baradaran, law professor and author who studies banking and racial economic inequality, offers a historical tour of policies that shaped today’s racial wealth gap. She explores redlining, failed Black financial institutions, shifts from anti-poverty to punitive policy, and debates over reparations and credit reforms. The conversation traces how law and politics kept disparities intact.
