Augustine Sedgewick on the Dark Empire of Coffee
Many of us are familiar with the negative health effects of coffee, which include insomnia, nervousness, upset stomach, and increased heart rate. Yet, this hasn’t seemed to stop many Americans […]
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Paige Glotzer on How the Suburbs Were Segregated
It will come as little surprise to most listeners that America’s metropolitan areas are racially segregated and unequal. While the suburbs surrounding American cities tend to be relatively affluent and […]
Marcia Chatelain on McDonalds and Black America
We’ve all heard the statistics regarding Americans and fast food. According to the National Health and Nutrition Survey, one third of Americans consumed fast food on any given day. Prior […]
Big Changes at Who Makes Cents
David and Alex are retiring from the show! But a new host is joining to take the reins. Listen to hear the founding co-hosts reflect on the past six years […]
Zach Carter on Keynesianism and COVID-19
Today, we have a special episode. We speak to Zach Carter about COVID-19 and Keyesnianism. Zach is the author of the upcoming book The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and […]
Dara Orenstein on the Economic Geography of Warehouses
If you’re like many people throughout the country and world, you’ve purchased something on Amazon. As a result, you’ve been incorporated into a set of supply chain relationships that inevitably […]
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Predatory Inclusion
Often, analyses of the intersections between race and capitalism consider how capitalism harms dispossessed communities of color because excluding or neglecting them is profitable. But what if serving those communities could be […]
Eileen Boris on the Construct of the Woman Worker
What is work? Who are workers? Which activities are considered work, and which ones are excluded? These questions are some of the most critical questions in political and economic analysis. […]
Adom Getachew on Anti-colonial Worldmaking
Students in U.S. history surveys come away from their lessons on World War I with one conflict fresh in their minds: How could Woodrow Wilson, a president who advocated segregation […]
Nan Enstad on Multinational Cigarette Corporations and Jim Crow Capitalism
The multinational corporation is a pervasive institution. For example, it’s nearly impossible to listen to this show without interacting with one. But what is the history of this thing we […]
