Who Makes Cents?: A History of Capitalism Podcast

The history of red-lining is one increasingly well-known within and beyond the academy. In the 1930s, as part of an attempt to shore up the struggling economy by underwriting home mortgages, the gover...

14 Helmi 202145min

It is common these days to bemoan the amount of personal information companies like Amazon, Facebook, and other modern telecommunications goliaths collect about us. For many, this invasion of privacy ...

4 Tammi 202143min

In this episode, Shennette Garrett-Scott explores black financial innovation and its transformative impact on U.S. capitalism through the story of the St. Luke Bank in Richmond, Virginia: the first an...

2 Joulu 202034min

The history of capitalism in Egypt has long been synonymous with cotton cultivation and dependent development. In Egypt's Occupation: Colonial Economism and the Crisis of Capitalism, Aaron Jakes chall...

2 Marras 202044min

The history of globalization is one that has often been told as a story of elites. There are a number of truths to this narrative. Yet, as Casey Lurtz shows, it also ignores some things. In From the G...

4 Syys 202048min

Thanks to the work of activists and intellectuals like Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jamelle Bouie, Black peoples' demand for reparations have garnered growing attention among politicians, business leaders, un...

3 Elo 202040min

Many of us are familiar with the negative health effects of coffee, which include insomnia, nervousness, upset stomach, and increased heart rate. Yet, this hasn't seemed to stop many Americans from re...

2 Heinä 202042min

It will come as little surprise to most listeners that America's metropolitan areas are racially segregated and unequal. While the suburbs surrounding American cities tend to be relatively affluent an...

1 Kesä 202044min