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Left, Right and Keynes

Today's centrists are a hot mess.
by Zachary D. Carter via In The Long Run on September 23, 2021
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Slouching Toward Humanity

Historian Samuel Moyn contends that efforts to conduct war humanely have only perpetuated it. But the solution must lie in politics, not a sacrifice of human rights.
by Anthony Dworkin via Boston Review on September 16, 2021
Illustration parody of Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Gay Things Are

Gay marriage was a victory, we’re told—but a victory for what?
by Yasmin Nair via Current Affairs on August 12, 2021
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The End of Friedmanomics

The famed economist’s theories were embraced by Beltway power brokers in both parties. Finally, a Democratic president is turning the page on a legacy of ruin.
by Zachary D. Carter via The New Republic on June 17, 2021
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The Fissure Between Republicans and Business is Less Surprising Than it Seems

Business groups have always worked with both parties to support globalization and free trade.
by Jennifer Delton via Made By History on June 7, 2021
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The Tulsa Race Massacre Went Way Beyond “Black Wall Street”

Most Black Tulsans in 1921 were working class. But these days, it seems like the fate of those few blocks in and around “Black Wall Street” is all that matters.
by Robin D. G. Kelley, George Yancy via Truthout on June 1, 2021
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Neoliberalism with a Stick of Gum: The Meaning of the 1980s Baseball Card Boom

Before beanie babies and Pogs, small rectangles of cardboard were the errant investments of a stratifying American society.
by Jason Tebbe via Tropics of Meta on March 12, 2021
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Pinhookers and Pets: Inventing the Non-Smoker

Who needs a public health system when sickness is a personal failure?
by Jackson Lears via London Review of Books on February 18, 2021
Cover of "The Meaning of Soul: Black Music and Resilience Since the 1960s"

In Search of Soul

A musicological conversation about the history and social value of Black music.
by Sasha Frere-Jones, Emily J. Lordi via Bookforum on November 24, 2020
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America and Russia in the 1990s: This is What Real Meddling Looks Like

It’s hard to imagine having more direct control over a foreign country’s political system — short of a straight-up military occupation.
by Yasha Levine via yasha.substack on August 27, 2020

The History of the USPS and the Politics of Postal Reform

Reform was framed as a way of removing “politics” from postal affairs and giving more autonomy to postal management. In time, it would prove to do neither.
by Ryan Ellis via TIME on August 18, 2020

The Death and Rebirth of American Internationalism

As the 2020 presidential election nears, internationalists are plotting their return. But they still haven’t learned from the failure of liberal universalism.
by Edward Fishman via Boston Review on August 11, 2020

America’s Long War on Children and Families

Trump’s family separation policy belongs to a much longer history of U.S. government forces taking children from families that don't match the American ideal.
by Paul M. Renfro via Boston Review on June 22, 2020

The Idea of a Nation

The idea of a modern nation is both confusing and conflicting. And as the world confronts the current global health crisis, its weaknesses become more apparent.
by Thomas Meaney via The Point on June 12, 2020
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Dredging Up the Past

A shoreline expert writes about dredging vessels, Louisiana, neoliberalism, and her lifelong quest to save her hometown from the sea.
by Megan Milliken Biven via Current Affairs on May 25, 2020
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A Brief History of the Gig

The gig economy wasn’t built in a day.
by Veena Dubal via Logic on April 27, 2020
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Jesse Jackson’s Political Revolution

Before Bernie Bros vs. the DNC, there was Jesse Jackson vs. the Atari Democrats.
by Lily Geismer via Jacobin on February 19, 2020
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Michael Lind on Reviving Democracy

To fix things, we must acknowledge the nature of the problem.
by Michael Lind, Aaron Sibarium via The American Interest on January 29, 2020

They Wanted to Remake the World; Instead We Got President Trump

Andrew Bacevich makes the case that America’s elites wasted the promise of the post-Cold War era.
by Beverly Gage via Washington Post on January 10, 2020

Life Under the Algorithm

How a relentless speedup is reshaping the working class.
by Gabriel Winant via The New Republic on December 4, 2019

The Seattle Protests Showed Another World Is Possible

Twenty years ago, demonstrations against the World Trade Organization opened the space for today’s critics of neoliberal capitalism.
by Mark Engler via The Nation on November 29, 2019

How Silicon Valley Broke the Economy

The question of how to fix the tech industry is now inseparable from the question of how to fix late 20th century capitalism.
by Adrian Chen via The Nation on October 14, 2019

The Obamanauts

What is the defining achievement of Barack Obama?
by Corey Robin via Dissent on October 7, 2019
Political cartoon depicting stock exchange fraud.

Has Capitalism Become Our Religion?

On the myths and rituals of the market, the lost radicalism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the rise of neoliberalism.
by Eugene McCarraher, Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins via The Nation on October 4, 2019

The Persistent Ghost of Ayn Rand, the Forebear of Zombie Neoliberalism

A review of Lisa Duggan's book, "Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed.”
by Masha Gessen via The New Yorker on June 6, 2019

All Stick No Carrot: Racism, Property Tax Assessments, and Neoliberalism Post 1945 Chicago

Black homeowners have been an oft ignored actor in metropolitan history despite playing a central role.
via The Metropole on May 9, 2019

A Hundred Years of Solidarity

If we want to fight capitalism, the US left has to figure out how to confront US empire.
by Hilary Goodfriend via Jacobin on April 27, 2019
Photo over Obama's shoulder facing Larry Summers and Timothy Geitner on the other side of a conference table.

Obama's Original Sin

A new insider account reveals how the Obama administration’s botched bailout deal reinforced neoliberal Clintonism.
by Eric Rauchway via Boston Review on April 23, 2019
Francis Fukuyama

The End of the End of History

What does it mean to live in a world in which history has rusted under the monstrous weight of the permanent now?
by Maximillian Alvarez via Boston Review on March 22, 2019

Wayward Leviathans

How America's corporations lost their public purpose.
by David Ciepley via The Hedgehog Review on March 1, 2019
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