Economic Architecture
The Podcast

How do we solve the problems that really matter?

Join host and founder of Economic Architecture, Dr. Stuart Yasgur, in conversation with pioneers at the leading edge of innovation to understand the concrete actions we can take to address the daunting challenges that are shaping our lives. Through in-depth conversations with innovators, community leaders, experts, and others most proximate to the issues, the Economic Architecture podcast brings us closer to understanding how we can redesign the market and our collective capacity to solve the important problems we face.

Resilience isn’t about bouncing back. It’s about building differently. [Episode 29]

Resilience isn’t about bouncing back. It’s about building differently. [Episode 29]

January 5, 2026

In this week's episode, The Resiliency Company founder Abby Ross shares her radically reasonable approach to building infrastructure. If rebuilding our infrastructure is inevitable, why not center resilience from the…

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Episodes

Come dream, come build affordable homes [Episode 28]

Come dream, come build affordable homes [Episode 28]

December 29, 2025

The Living Laboratory of Norfolk [Episode 27]

The Living Laboratory of Norfolk [Episode 27]

December 22, 2025

How community ownership creates belonging [Episode 26]

How community ownership creates belonging [Episode 26]

December 15, 2025

Fair Chance Hiring Series Finale with Jo-Ann Wallace [Episode 25]

Fair Chance Hiring Series Finale with Jo-Ann Wallace [Episode 25]

December 10, 2025

Finding inspiration in an Atlas of Solutions [Episode 24]

Finding inspiration in an Atlas of Solutions [Episode 24]

December 8, 2025

How Fair Chance hiring can improve intergenerational poverty [Episode 23 | Fair Chance Hiring]

How Fair Chance hiring can improve intergenerational poverty [Episode 23 | Fair Chance Hiring]

December 3, 2025

The long-term benefits of nature-based solutions [Episode 22]

The long-term benefits of nature-based solutions [Episode 22]

December 1, 2025

A new path with Honest Jobs [Episode 21 | Fair Chance Hiring]

A new path with Honest Jobs [Episode 21 | Fair Chance Hiring]

November 26, 2025

The need for audacious goals [Episode 20]

The need for audacious goals [Episode 20]

November 23, 2025

Meet the Host, Stuart Yasgur

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Stuart Yasgur brings 15 years of experience in advancing innovations that use market forces to address social challenges at large scale. As the founder and principal of Economic Architecture, Stuart leads a team of researchers and storytellers to foster, design, and build a wider public understanding of structural innovations.

Projects such as the Valuing Homes in Black Communities Challenge, created by Stuart with Dr. Andre Perry, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Project H2O, a new mortgage liquidity product, seek to (re)design our markets to serve the public good.

Previously, as a Global Leadership Group Member at Ashoka, Stuart initiated efforts that directed more than $500 million to innovative market-based solutions, engaged with the G20 through multiple Summits, and has taught at NYU and LSE. Stuart holds a PhD from LSE, a master’s from Columbia, and a bachelor’s from Cornell.

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