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Gabriel Winant on the Rusting of ‘Steel City, USA’ and the Rise of Healthcare

June 3, 2021by whomakescents Leave a comment

Today, healthcare workers account for somewhere between 11 and 14% of the overall workforce, replacing manufacturing as the largest category of workers in the United States. Their power, however, pales […]

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Cristina Groeger on Education, Labor, and Inequality in Boston

May 3, 2021by whomakescents Leave a comment

Many Americans look to education to get ahead. While recent years have witnessed a decline in college enrollment, especially amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, over 17 million students attended institutions […]

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Ronald Schatz on the Labor Board Vets and the Rise of Industrial-Labor Relations

March 29, 2021by whomakescents Leave a comment

Among the multiple crises that continue to plague the United States is the crisis of labor and management, recently having garnered renewed attention due to a series of strikes and […]

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Rebecca Marchiel on Redlining, Financial Deregulation, and the Urban Reinvestment Movement

February 14, 2021by whomakescents Leave a comment

The iconic maps, created by the government’s Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) during the New Deal to help assess and guide lending in urban areas, have served as powerful illustrations […]

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Katie Hindmarch-Watson on London’s Telecommunication Workers and Serving a Wired World

January 4, 2021by whomakescents Leave a comment

It is common these days to bemoan the amount of personal information companies like Amazon, Facebook, and other modern telecommunications goliaths collect about us. For many, this invasion of privacy […]

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Shennette Garrett-Scott on Black Women in Finance

December 2, 2020by whomakescents Leave a comment

In this episode, Shennette Garrett-Scott explores black financial innovation and its transformative impact on U.S. capitalism through the story of the St. Luke Bank in Richmond, Virginia: the first and […]

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Aaron Jakes on Colonial Economism and Egypt’s Occupation

November 2, 2020by whomakescents Leave a comment

This episode takes listeners on a journey to Egypt. Before you go thinking about pyramids and ancient mummies, I should note that we will actually be discussing much more recent […]

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Casey Lurtz on Globalization from the Grounds Up

September 4, 2020by whomakescents Leave a comment

The history of globalization is one that has often been told as a story of elites. Foreign investors, eyeing an opportunity in some far-off place, partner with government officials to […]

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Caleb McDaniel on Slavery and Restitution

August 3, 2020by whomakescents Leave a comment

The 2020 Democratic presidential primary race made history as the first to consider reparations for slavery as a major topic of conversation. Nor were they alone. Thanks to the work […]

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Augustine Sedgewick on the Dark Empire of Coffee

July 2, 2020by whomakescents Leave a comment

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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