Doug speaks with Ellora Derenoncourt, co-author of a National Bureau of Economic Research paper about the racial wealth gap from 1860 to 2020. Then, an interview with David Gelles, author of The Man Who Broke Capitalism, about Jack Welch, CEO of GE from 1981 to 2001.Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here: https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html
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Folge vom 22.06.2022Behind the News: A Deep History of Racial Inequality w/ Ellora Derenoncourt
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Folge vom 21.06.2022Michael and Us: Metaverse of MadnessLong before the "metaverse" loomed over us, David Cronenberg's EXISTENZ (1999) imagined a completely immersive virtual environment that is even less cozy than our own. We discuss the film's porous boundary between reality and unreality, and explain why Cronenberg is one of the few Canadian filmmakers who really "gets" Canada. PLUS: Looking back at a moral panic over right-wing art from the early '90s.Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.
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Folge vom 18.06.2022The Dig: The American Right w/ Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-BellKnow Your Enemy hosts Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell on terrifyingly protean right-wing American politics.Check out our newsletter: thedigradio.com/newsletterRead James Pogue on the New Right: vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-betsRead Mie Inouye's Boston Review article on union salts: bostonreview.net/articles/labors-militant-minority
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Folge vom 18.06.2022Long Reads: Esther Leslie on Walter Benjamin's Messianic MarxismEsther Leslie joins Long Reads for a discussion about Walter Benjamin, one of the most influential cultural theorists of the last century. His unorthodox Marxism and ideas about culture and history have inspired several generations of critical thought about the world made by capitalism. Esther is a leading authority on Benjamin’s life and work who teaches at Birkbeck University in London.Long Reads is a Jacobin podcast looking in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s longform writers. Hosted by Features Editor Daniel Finn. Produced by Conor Gillies, music by Knxwledge.