[35] Trevor Jackson — Capitalism and the Impunity of the Elites

20/04/2025 1h 1min Temporada 2 Episodio 4
[35] Trevor Jackson — Capitalism and the Impunity of the Elites

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Episode Synopsis

Trevor Jackson is an economic historian teaching at Berkeley. I talk to him about the current political situation of the universities and the science, and about his own research area, the history of capitalism, which has always been prone to crashes and other crises. The development of a capitalist economy is also the story of the elites learning to evade responsibility for the failures, while reaping the rewards of markets. What role does elite impunity play in the current crisis of political legitimacy? Could this be changed, and, if so, how? Support the show