Economics and Finance

Cottage Industry: On “Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and Twenty-First-Century Culture”
In "Dead Pledges," Annie McClanahan uncovers how cultural production after 2008 registers a new crisis subjectivity in the wake of the mortgage meltdown.
Sofia CutlerJul 9, 2017
The End of Economics
"Geoff Mann boils the essence of Keynesianism down to a deceptively simple question: is it worth risking civilization to make it better?"
Matt SeyboldJul 3, 2017
- Economics and Finance
Choose and Be Damned: Responsibility and Privilege in a Neoliberal Age
Sean McCann on two new books about the problem of meritocracy.
Sean McCannJul 2, 2017
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
The Collapse of the Postwar Compact: On Rick Wartzman’s “The End of Loyalty”
Darryl Holter reviews Rick Wartzman’s new book about the decline of American labor.
Darryl HolterJun 27, 2017
The New Normal: On Dissidence, Apology, and Transcendence in Contemporary Chinese Art
Henry Zhang on “The New Normal: China, Art, and 2017,” at Beijing's Ullens Center of Contemporary Art (UCCA).
Henry ZhangJun 25, 2017
A Dollar Is a Dollar Is Not a Dollar: Unmasking the Social and Moral Meanings of Money
Princeton sociologist Viviana A. Zelizer on which kinds of moneys we want to create, who should create them, and for whom.
Viviana A. ZelizerJun 15, 2017
- Economics and Finance
Privatizing Public Things
Can a democracy exist without public things?
Matthew MullinsJun 12, 2017
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
Who’s Afraid of the White Working Class?: On Joan C. Williams’s “White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America”
David Roediger on “White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America.”
David RoedigerMay 17, 2017
How Journalists Should Really Challenge Trumpism
Sam Lebovic looks at James T. Hamilton's "Democracy's Detectives" to understand what journalists should do in the Age of Trump.
Sam LebovicApr 30, 2017
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
The Slide Rule and the Crowbar: Henry David Thoreau in the Anthropocene
Daegan Miller reviews Robert M. Thorson’s “The Boatman: Henry David Thoreau’s River Years.”
Daegan MillerApr 23, 2017
Reimagining the Working Class: A Roundtable on Economic and Racial Justice in the Age of Trump
A round table discussion on state of justice after the election.
Andrew Hoberek, Curtis Marez, Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado, Keona K. Ervin, Min Hyoung Song, Sue J. KimJan 14, 2017
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
Workers Are People: The Economics of the Immigration Debate
Nikita Lalwani and Sam Winter-Levy unravel George J. Borjas's immigration narrative.
Nikita Lalwani, Sam Winter-LevyDec 10, 2016
- Economics and Finance
- Politics