12:00 PM (Noon) Pacific Time: Thursdays
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
Sam Gindin, writer and activist on labor issues, on the shortcomings of the UPS–Teamster deal • Samuel Moyn, author of Liberalism Against Itself, on how the Cold War crushed the tendency’s emancipatory side
Francisco Pérez of the University of Utah on the CFA franc • Caitlin Chandler, author of this Harper’s magazine article, on US interests in Niger
Lisa Corrigan, author of this Nation article, on savage cuts at West Virginia University and what they mean for higher ed • Taylor Lorenz, author of Extremely Online, on the social history of the internet
Sohrab Ahmari, author of Tyranny, Inc., on the dictatorship of capital • Erin Reed, aka Erin in the Morning, on the state of trans politics
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
Sara Goldrick-Rab on rampant food and housing insecurity among undergraduates and graduate students • David Broder, author of Mussolini’s Grandchildren, on the whitewashing of far-right Italian PM Giorgia Meloni (NYT article here)
Tim Shorrock marks the 70th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean war as tensions mount across the region • Christopher Morten on how the drug industry uses patents and secrecy to fatten its profits at the expense of patients and the broader public
Fundraising reprise of an interview with economist Clara Mattei, author of The Capital Order.
Harrison Stetler on the riots in France • Peter Turchin, complexity theorist and author of End Times, on why the US is heading for a smashup
Clara Mattei, author of The Capital Order, explores the links among neoclassical economics, austerity, and fascism • Edwin Ackerman, author of this article, looks at AMLO’s presidency in Mexico
