Two new books critique poverty capital, but they don’t ask what borrowers need.
Both regulators and employers have embraced new technologies for on-the-job monitoring, turning a blind eye to unjust working conditions.
They may seem the cornerstone of democracy, but in reality they do little to promote it. There's a far better way to empower ordinary citizens: democracy by lottery.
Two new books examine the ordinary roots of our extraordinary regime of high-tech monitoring.
The Federal Reserve's bid to "get wages down" reflects the enduring hold of neoliberal thought at the highest levels of economic policymaking.
Democratic theory points to two problems: unjust concentrations of power and a flawed theory of knowledge.
Twenty-five years of neoliberal political economy are to blame for today's regime of surveillance advertising, and only public policy can undo it.
To escape the imperial legacies of the IMF and World Bank, we need a radical new vision for global economic governance.
As the neoliberal order unravels, the international economic system can and must make room for cooperative forms of state-driven development.
Corporate restructurings are not a cure-all, but they would tilt the balance of power toward ordinary Americans.