Ronald Purser

Apr 26, 2024 | currentaffairs.org | Nathan J. Robinson |Ronald Purser |Jason Hickel |Rob Larson

Grace Blakeley is one of the left’s leading economic thinkers. In her new book, Vulture Capitalism, Blakeley explains how capitalism really works and gives a crucial primer on the modern economy. She joins today to explain why conceiving of “free markets” and “government planning” as opposites is highly misleading, because our neoliberal “market-based” economy involves many deep ties between the state and corporations.

Feb 15, 2024 | currentaffairs.org | Ronald Purser

Today we take a dive into the world of “corporate bullshit” with Nick Hanauer, who has become an expert on spotting and debunking it. Nick is a businessman who became known for warning of the devastating social effects of plutocracy and who now hosts the “Pitchfork Economics” podcast, which presents sharp conversations with leading progressive economic experts.

Feb 12, 2024 | currentaffairs.org | Ronald Purser |Alex Skopic

It was another one of those windy, subzero Chicago winter mornings as I trudged two blocks through the slush and snow to the hourly employee entrance of the Pullman Standard plant. A supervisor in a white hard-hat, all warm and cozy in a 1972 Buick Riviera, smugly waved as he drove by me to get to his reserved parking space.

Dec 27, 2023 | currentaffairs.org | Ronald Purser

Current Affairs isAd-Freeand depends entirely on YOUR support. Can you help? Subscribe from 16 cents a day ($5 per month) A Magazine of Politics and Culture Sign In Current Affairs’s all-new Single Issue page is coming soon. Acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond on what it would actually take to end poverty.

Sep 22, 2023 | currentaffairs.org | Allison Dean |Ronald Purser |Samuel McDonald |Lily Sánchez

Current Affairs isAd-Freeand depends entirely on YOUR support. Can you help? Subscribe from 16 cents a day ($5 per month) A Magazine of Politics and Culture Sign In Current Affairs’s all-new Single Issue page is coming soon. Journalist Alyssa Hardy on how we can appreciate and enjoy clothes while still being determined to change the ways they are made and marketed.