Rigged Capitalism and the Rise of Pluto-populism: On Martin Wolf’s “The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism”Jonathan Kirshner reviews Martin Wolf’s “The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism.”...JONATHAN KIRSHNERECONOMICS AND FINANCE
Economies of Human Trafficking: A Conversation with Melissa Hope DitmoreEleanor J. Bader speaks with Melissa Hope Ditmore about her new book “Unbroken Chains: The Hidden Role of Human Trafficking in the American Economy.”...ELEANOR J. BADERECONOMICS AND FINANCE
The Professional Utopians: On J. Bradford DeLong’s “Slouching Towards Utopia”Andrew Koppelman reviews J. Bradford DeLong’s “Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century.”...ANDREW KOPPELMANECONOMICS AND FINANCE
How to Be a Poverty Abolitionist: On Matthew Desmond’s “Poverty, by America”Paul W. Gleason reviews Matthew Desmond’s “Poverty, by America.”...PAUL W. GLEASONECONOMICS AND FINANCE
How We Learned to Love “Free” MarketsRebecca L. Spang reviews Jacob Soll’s “Free Market: The History of an Idea” and Stefan Eich’s “The Currency of Politics: The Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes.”...REBECCA L. SPANGECONOMICS AND FINANCE
A Revolutionary Hate to Salvage Utopian Love: On China Miéville’s “A Spectre, Haunting”Hugh Charles O’Connell reviews China Miéville’s “A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto.”...HUGH CHARLES O’CONNELLECONOMICS AND FINANCESF
Eat, Pray, Know When to Hold ’Em: A Profile of Annie DukeLARB’s editor-in-chief, Michelle Chihara, profiles the elusive pokergenius–turned-author Annie Duke....MICHELLE CHIHARAECONOMICS AND FINANCE
The Funnel and the Horn: On Reinventing James Cameron’s “Avatar”J. D. Connor analyzes how cultural shifts in the relationship between movies and money made James Cameron’s initial record-breaking blockbuster “Avatar” somewhat forgettable while the Disney marketing machine is now going to try to reinvent the franchise...J. D. CONNORECONOMICS AND FINANCEFILM
Green Capitalism Is a Scam: A Conversation with Adrienne BullerWriter Cal Turner and Sara Van Horn interview Adrienne Buller, author of “The Value of a Whale.”...CAL TURNER, SARA VAN HORNECONOMICS AND FINANCELAWPOLITICSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
What Comes After the Bailout State?Martijn Konings discusses implications of government bailouts within the neoliberal order and potential futures for the post-bailout state....MARTIJN KONINGSECONOMICS AND FINANCEPHILOSOPHY & RELIGION
Visible Faultlines: A Conversation with the Authors of “Unprecedented? How COVID-19 Revealed the Politics of Our Economy”In “Unprecedented? How COVID-19 Revealed the Politics of Our Economy,” a group of political economists use a single and precise metaphor — photosynthesis — to bring the broad social consequences of the pandemic into focus....MICHELLE CHIHARAECONOMICS AND FINANCESCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Silver Screen Diplomacy: On Erich Schwartzel’s “Red Carpet” and Karen Ma's “China’s Millennial Digital Generation”Susan Blumberg-Kason puts into conversation two books about the intertwined US-Chinese film industries, Erich Schwartzel’s “Red Carpet” and Karen Ma’s “China’s Millennial Digital Generation.”...SUSAN BLUMBERG-KASONECONOMICS AND FINANCEAROUND THE WORLDFILM
Ruling Class in Session: On Charlie Eaton’s “Bankers in the Ivory Tower”Dennis Hogan considers Charlie Eaton’s “Bankers in the Ivory Tower”...DENNIS M. HOGANECONOMICS AND FINANCEPOLITICS
Love’s Labor, Lost and Found: Academia, “Quit Lit,” and the Great ResignationLukas Moe considers the recent trend of “quit lit” and the bleak economic prospects of academia....LUKAS MOEECONOMICS AND FINANCE
Invisible Labor, Invisible HandsWhat Adam Smith can — and can’t — tell us about the invisible labor we do every day....EMILY HODGSON ANDERSONECONOMICS AND FINANCE
Coming Soon — Anthropocene EconomicsThe numbers that once allowed economists to lord it over the other social sciences have become privatized, monopolized by the few....LEONARD NAKAMURA, MICHAEL MACKENZIEECONOMICS AND FINANCE
Van Gogh Experiences: Immersive Art in the COVID EraRachel Teukolsky on the joys and shortcomings of immersive Van Gogh exhibits....RACHEL TEUKOLSKYECONOMICS AND FINANCEART & ARCHITECTURE
China and the Money QuestionRebecca L. Spang looks at three new books about Chinese monetary history....REBECCA L. SPANGECONOMICS AND FINANCEAROUND THE WORLD
Why Has Capitalism Run Out of Steam?Dominique Routhier ponders “Smart Machines and Service Work,” the new book by Jason E. Smith....DOMINIQUE ROUTHIERECONOMICS AND FINANCE
On Understanding CapitalismJoshua Sperber takes a look at “A People’s Guide to Capitalism” by Hadas Thier and “Can the Working Class Change the World?” by Michael D. Yates....JOSHUA SPERBERECONOMICS AND FINANCE
All-One or All-None: A Conversation with David Bronner and Gero LesonA conversation about sustainability, psychedelics, and Dr. Bronner’s soap....AYIZE JAMA-EVERETTECONOMICS AND FINANCE
Risk Management and Its DiscontentsAn assessment of the risk factor in human endeavors may be playing it too safe....VESPER NORTHECONOMICS AND FINANCE
The Social Safety Net Is WomenAnandi Mishra on the economic toll that COVID-19 has had on India's women....ANANDI MISHRAECONOMICS AND FINANCE
Uncle Miltie’s Never-Ending ShowA reissue of Milton Friedman’s classic work only shows his obsolescence....ANDREW STARKECONOMICS AND FINANCE