A conversation with Melinda Cooper about the recent history of neoliberalism and her new book Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Over the last decade, the history of ...

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In almost every borough, suburb, and city block in America, quality of life is decreasing while cost of living is increasing. A stunning 69 percent of people can’t afford new median priced housing, ...

Conclusion from Melinda Cooper's 2024 book Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Melinda Cooper engages with Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and argues (contra most Marxists) ...

One of the core claims of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for New York City mayor last year was that government can and should work ...

Subscribe for analysis that goes beyond the noise. This time the hosts interview political science Professor Neil Kraus about his book The Fantasy Economy: Neoliberalism, Inequality, and the Education ...

One in three of the first 100 days of the new Bolivian government, headed up by Rodrigo Paz and his vice president, Edmand Lara, has passed in a climate of open conflict. Blockades escalated to the ...

In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, there was talk of moving away from the previously held austerity consensus – to basically narrow current account, and fiscal deficits, and in turn, to manage ...

For the overwhelming majority, the American Dream is a cruel illusion. Distrust is rampant. Our institutions are delegitimized. Our democracy is hollow. We are now a plutocracy. Professor Mehrsa ...

President Donald Trump’s return to the White House set off a slew of “hand-wringing” about the future of the global order. While commentators theorized that Trump, along with other quasi-populists ...