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Allan E.S. Lumba on Monetary Authorities in the American Colonial Philippines

February 2, 2023by whomakescents Leave a comment

In this episode, Allan E.S. Lumba explores how the United States used monetary policy and banking systems to justify racial and class hierarchies, enforce capitalist exploitation, and counter movements for […]

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Chad Pearson on Klansmen, Employer Vigilantes, and Labor Suppression in the Long Nineteenth Century

December 5, 2022by whomakescents Leave a comment

This month’s episode takes listeners back in time to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a time of significant labor unrest. At the time, employers, often with government support, went to […]

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Ghassan Moazzin on Foreign Banks and the Making of Modern China

October 3, 2022by whomakescents Leave a comment

This month’s episode picks up on a theme previously explored on the podcast: international finance.  Drawing on a broad range of German, English, Japanese, and Chinese sources, Ghassan Moazzin traces […]

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Claire Dunning on Nonprofit Neighborhoods and Urban Inequality

August 2, 2022by whomakescents Leave a comment

If you live in a city in the United States, chances are you’ve encountered one or more non-profit organizations in your community. Maybe you’ve volunteered for a local non-profit serving […]

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Mircea Raianu on Tata and Global Capitalism in India

July 7, 2022by whomakescents Leave a comment

For those with an interest in international business, particularly, that taking place in and of the global South, the Tata Group is a familiar name. Launching their business in 1868, […]

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Holger Droessler on Coconut Colonialism, Labor, and Globalization in Samoa

May 27, 2022by whomakescents Leave a comment

On June 1, 2022, Samoa, the small Polynesian island country, previously known as Western Samoa and colonized by the Germans, before being placed under joint British and New Zealand colonial […]

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Keith Wailoo on Racial Marketing and the Rise of Menthol Cigarettes

April 5, 2022by whomakescents Leave a comment

Recently, on March 24, 2022, the US Food and Drug Administration announced that it had authorized several tobacco-flavored vaping products made by the Japanese-owned Logic Technology Development, LLC, while denying […]

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Jason Resnikoff on the Automation Discourse and the Meaning of Work

March 7, 2022by whomakescents Leave a comment

When you last went grocery shopping, did you use the self-checkout machine as opposed to waiting in line for a cashier? Or when ordering take-out, did you use an app? […]

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Gregg Mitman on Firestone’s Rubber Empire in Liberia

February 4, 2022by whomakescents Leave a comment

If you’ve left the house recently—and let’s be honest, most of us aren’t going many places these days—but if you have, you’ve most likely come into contact with this natural […]

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Destin Jenkins on Municipal Debt and Bondholder Power

January 4, 2022by whomakescents Leave a comment

A recent Wall Street Journal article, citing Federal Reserve data, noted that municipal bond funds now hold an unprecedented 24% of outstanding debt compared with 16% five years ago. Buoyed […]

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