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Who Makes Cents?: A History of Capitalism Podcast

Who Makes Cents?: A History of Capitalism Podcast is a monthly program devoted to bringing you quality, engaging stories that explain how capitalism has changed over time. We interview historians and... Read more

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Melinda Cooper on Neoliberal Family Values

Melinda Cooper on Neoliberal Family Values

We often think of neoliberalism as operating at odds with the traditional family. Our guest, Melinda Cooper, shows why n... Read more

6 Feb 2018

40mins

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Marcia Chatelain on McDonalds and Black America

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,... Read more

1 May 2020

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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Black Lives Matter and Black Liberation

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Black Lives Matter and Black Liberation

Few social justice struggles have captivated recent political history like the broad Black Lives Matter movement. From t... Read more

1 Apr 2016

45mins

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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Predatory Inclusion

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Predatory Inclusion

Often, analyses of the intersections between race and capitalism consider how capitalism harms dispossessed communities ... Read more

10 Jan 2020

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Sandy Hager on Public Debt and Inequality

Sandy Hager on Public Debt and Inequality

Who owns the U.S. public debt? Why is it such an important commodity in global capitalism? Why does public debt provoke ... Read more

1 Sep 2016

41mins

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Adom Getachew on Anti-colonial Worldmaking

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... Read more

9 Oct 2019

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Sarah Nicolazzo on 18th Century Vagrancy

Sarah Nicolazzo on 18th Century Vagrancy

Sarah Nicolazzo discusses how studying literature can shed light on the history of capitalism – and how the 18th century... Read more

2 Jul 2014

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N.D.B. Connolly on Race and Real Estate in Miami

N.D.B. Connolly on Race and Real Estate in Miami

N.D.B. Connolly discusses how examining the ownership of real estate in Miami changes our perspective on the history of ... Read more

3 Sep 2014

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Deb Cowen on the Deadly Life of Logistics

Deb Cowen on the Deadly Life of Logistics

Our guest today tells us that the seemingly straightforward field of logistics lies at the heart of contemporary globali... Read more

1 May 2015

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Brooke Harrington on Wealth Managers and the One Percent

Brooke Harrington on Wealth Managers and the One Percent

In April, the high volume leak of the Panama Papers revealed an often unseen world of money and power. The leak of 11.5... Read more

3 Jan 2017

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Geoff Mann on the Keynesian Sensibility in a World of Ecological and Economic Inequality

Geoff Mann on the Keynesian Sensibility in a World of Ecological and Economic Inequality

The name John Maynard Keynes is an important one in the history of economic thought. Keynes’s ideas became popular betwe... Read more

1 May 2017

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Sherene Seikaly on Economic Thought in British Mandate Palestine

Sherene Seikaly on Economic Thought in British Mandate Palestine

Historian Sherene Seikaly uncovered a group of elitePalestinian men in 1930s and 1940s who articulated a nationaleconomi... Read more

2 May 2016

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Suzanna Reiss on Drug Control, Coca-Cola, and Pharmaceuticals

Suzanna Reiss on Drug Control, Coca-Cola, and Pharmaceuticals

Today’s guest discusses the history of the coca leaf and the U.S. drug control regime. Amongst other topics, we discuss ... Read more

1 Jul 2015

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Christy Chapin on the Centrality of Insurance Companies to American Health Care

Christy Chapin on the Centrality of Insurance Companies to American Health Care

Why is health care in the United States so expensive? Why does the United States find it so difficult to provide quality... Read more

2 Dec 2016

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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 intell... Read more

4 Jul 2017

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Sujani Reddy on Nursing and Empire

Sujani Reddy on Nursing and Empire

The history of nursing is inextricable from the history of capitalism and imperialism. Our guest today, Sujani Reddy, he... Read more

2 Jun 2016

47mins

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Malcolm Harris on Millennials and the Economy That Made Them

Malcolm Harris on Millennials and the Economy That Made Them

Tired of reading endless clickbait articles about which industry millennials are killing today? Our guest Malcolm Harris... Read more

4 Apr 2018

37mins

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Thomas Palley on the Fed and Shared Prosperity

Thomas Palley on the Fed and Shared Prosperity

Ever wonder what the Fed does and why? How are interest rates connected to how hard it is for you to find a job? We chat... Read more

1 Mar 2015

32mins

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Daniel Amsterdam on the Business Campaign to Expand Government Spending

Daniel Amsterdam on the Business Campaign to Expand Government Spending

2 Aug 2016

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David Huyssen on Progressive Era Cross-Class Encounters

David Huyssen on Progressive Era Cross-Class Encounters

David Huyssen discusses how examining encounters between the wealthy and the working class in Progressive Era New York C... Read more

1 Aug 2014

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