Nancy MacLean on the Radical Right and James Buchanan

Nancy MacLean on the Radical Right and James Buchanan

In Nancy MacLean's new book—Democracy in Chains—she unveils a long history of efforts by right-wing officials and intellectuals to undermine democracy. She foregrounds the importance of the economist James Buchanan to this story. She shows us the historical context of how Buchanan came to be a key intellectual for those opposing school desegregation, unionization of workers, and much more.

Nancy MacLean is the William Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University and the award-winning author of Behind the Mask of Chivalry and Freedom is Not Enough.

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Randy Shaw on the Housing Affordability Crisis

Randy Shaw on the Housing Affordability Crisis

In major cities across the country, skyrocketing rents and housing prices have pushed out workers and everyday people who are no longer able to afford the cost of living. In Los Angeles, this has led ...

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Gavin Benke on Enron and the Neoliberal Era

Gavin Benke on Enron and the Neoliberal Era

Gavin Benke on Enron and the Neoliberal Era Frauds. Grifts. Swindles. Scams. These are hardly new things when it comes to the history of capitalism. But that doesn't mean they each one don't reflect...

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Louis Hyman on the Rise of the Gig Economy

Louis Hyman on the Rise of the Gig Economy

We tend to think about the "gig economy" as a new development - brought into being by Uber and our smartphones. But Louis Hyman shows us the deep roots of casualized and contract labor, tracing the ce...

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Devin Fergus on the Rise of Financial Fees

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

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

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

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 Juli 201846min

Raj Patel and Jason Moore on Capital, Nature, and Cheap Things

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 Juni 201853min

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