In our Time: The Theory of the Leisure Class
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most influential work of Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929). In 1899, during America’s Gilded Age, Veblen wrote The Theory of the Leisure Class as a reminder…
The US “cannot stomach the possibility of a liberated Palestine, because a liberated Palestine removes their key proxy in the region.”
political economist Dr Jason Hickel in conversation with Aaron Bastani.
Attention as a commodity
social media through a Marxist lens
the real reason Zohran won NYC
from economic hardship reporting project
Grocery store “mistake” scams
and how unions are fighting to stop them
That Time Locusts Ate The Entire Midwest
In the 1870s the Midwest experienced a devastating natural disaster in the form of… an enormous cloud of extremely hungry locusts. Dylan and producer Amanda discuss what happens when a…
Look for ‘Slow Flower’ Bouquets, Plants Grown without Health-Harming Chemicals Used in Overseas Operations
Flowers are so present in our lives that we almost do not see them: sheathed in paper in every market, plunked in a vase on a table in any cafe.…
dictatorship of the proletariat
the transitional phase from a capitalist to a communist economy