For the Love of Money
Plus: New School Histories, Hannah Arendt, and your weekly dose of politics
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Capitalist Studies
Pat Garofalo, “Nevada Gambles on a Tech Hub in the Desert: It’s not too late to stop it.” (February 17, 2021)
Devan Lindey, “Student Loans: The Origins of a Racket: The road to student loan hell was paved with good intentions.” (February 18, 2021)
Terri Friedline and Anna Wood, “How Banks Are Squeezing Their Staff: Banks were always difficult places to work, now conditions are even tougher.” (February 16, 2021)
New School Histories
Julia Foulkes, “Reckoning with The New School’s Legacies: A comprehensive view reveals entrenched inequities.” (February 8, 2021)
Howard Kirschenbaum, “A Relevant Education: The New School in the 1960s.”(February 12, 2021)
Books
Ann Heberlein, “Good and Evil: An excerpt from On Love and Tyranny: The Life and Politics of Hannah Arendt.” (February 5, 2021)
Politics
John Ehrenreich, “The Future of a Delusion: Why Trump’s followers still have faith in him.” (February 15, 2021)
Our Columnists
Heather Cox Richardson, “The United States Is in Recovery: What Texas, white supremacy and coronavirus can teach us about American history.” (February 18, 2021)
John Stoehr, “Stop calling the GOP ‘conservative’: That’s the lesson today from Texas.” (February 18, 2021)
You are invited:
“How Covid-19 Demonstrates the Need for an Income Guarantee.” Join Public Seminar’s Senior Managing Editor Helaine Olen and Natalie Foster of the Economic Security Project for a discussion of the way forward from the pandemic.” Register here.
“History and Modern Conscience: Evidence from the British Empire,” sponsored by Historical Studies at the New School for Social Research. Use the code below, or register here.