{"author_name":"Tom Barnard Podcast","author_url":"https://art19.com/shows/tom-barnard-show/episodes/78ab3ba8-364e-4aee-9d22-1401c6b23f7f","description":"<p>The primary maxim of modern economics is that the line must always go up.  Increase the GDP, increase the spending, increase the jobs.  Minnesota's line has not been going up.  In some metrics, we're near the worst in the country.  Why?  Rick might not know all the answers, but he has enough to put together a documentary called Precarious State, launching next Thursday.</p><p>On the show:</p><ul><li>Tom</li><li>Kathryn</li><li>Andy</li><li>Costaki Economopoulos</li><li>Rick Kupchella</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Topics covered:</p><ul><li>Football</li><li>Falcons suck</li><li>Minnesota's net negative economy</li><li>Twin Cities decay</li></ul>","html":"<iframe src=\"https://art19.com/shows/tom-barnard-show/episodes/78ab3ba8-364e-4aee-9d22-1401c6b23f7f/embed\" style=\"width: 720px; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" width=\"720\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"></iframe>","provider_name":"ART19","provider_url":"https://art19.com","title":"Rick Kupchella is in a precarious state (as are we) - #2857","type":"rich","version":"1.0","width":720,"height":200}