Devin Fergus on the Rise of Financial Fees
Over the past few decades, financial companies have begun charging more and more hidden fees. Devin Fergus explains why Americans pay so many fees and how these fees function to redistribute wealth fr...
4 Okt 201844min
Special Episode on Intersectionality and Capitalism
All too often recently, some have claimed that an analysis that is intersectional militates against one that focuses on class. Well, we're very excited to bring you a special program this month. Rathe...
1 Sep 201854min
Jennifer Le Zotte on the Sale and Consumption of Second-Hand Clothing
For decades, consumers of second-hand goods have argued that purchasing used items allows buyers to opt out of capitalism, saving money and environmental resources in the process. As one thrifty advic...
1 Aug 201838min
Jeremy Milloy on the Political Economy of Workplace Violence
Just last week in the Supreme Court's decision in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, the court undermined the power of organized labor in the public sector by maki...
4 Jul 201846min
Raj Patel and Jason Moore on Capital, Nature, and Cheap Things
When we think about the relationship between capitalism and the environment, it's all too easy to see them as separate spheres bouncing into one another – capitalism devouring nature, like when a fore...
2 Jun 201853min
Mehrsa Baradaran on Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
The racial wealth gap is among the most dire problems in contemporary society. As of 2014, Black households had fewer than seven cents for every dollar owned by white households. This situation of rac...
2 Mai 201845min
Malcolm Harris on Millennials and the Economy That Made Them
Tired of reading endless clickbait articles about which industry millennials are killing today? Our guest Malcolm Harris explains how economic restructuring and the ideology of human capital helped to...
4 Apr 201837min
Keona Ervin on Black Women's Activism in St. Louis
In the summer of 2014, activists in Ferguson, Missouri helped catalyze a cycle of struggle against racist policing, extractive fines and fees, and myriad other injustices that are rooted in racial cap...
4 Mar 201841min
