We discuss the economic effects of the 14th century Black Death and 17th century plagues with Guido Alfani. Guido Alfani is Professor of Economic History at Bocconi University where he is also a Fellow of Dondena Centre and of IGIER. He is an Affiliated Scholar at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality (New York) and a Research Fellow of CEPR. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Economic History and of Genus. He is also the organizer of the international scientific network EI-Net (Economic Inequality Network).
Can we do a better job teaching history?
We talk to Laura Redford about how we can make history more exciting for our students. Laura Redford is an adjunct professor in the Department of History at BYU.
Food: Today and Tomorrow
Ernest and Lev speak with Ian Marvy about the political economy of food (and so much more). This is one of our favorite episodes of the year. Thank you Ian! Ian Marvy was the co-founder and Executive Director of Added Value. Prior to founding Added Value, Ian spent 15 years organizing youth to become a positive force for social change in post-industrial cities and towns like Holyoke, Massachusetts, Camden, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He also spent two years in New York designing service-learning programs for youth caught up in the juvenile justice system.
Alan Lightman on COVID-19 and Choosing a Less Hurried Life
We speak with Alan Lightman about the ways COVID-19 might change us for the better. Alan Lightman is a writer and physicist who teaches at MIT. His latest books are Three Flames, and Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine.
Peter Hudis on Rosa Luxemberg
We speak with Peter Hudis about the life and ideas of the great Marxist thinker. Peter Hudis is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Oakton Community College and author of Marx's Concept of the Alternative to Capitalism (Brill, 2012) and Frantz Fanon: Philosopher of the Barricades (Pluto, 2015). He edited The Rosa Luxemburg Reader (Monthly Review Press, 2004) and The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg (Verso, 2013).
Abolish Silicon Valley
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A Return to Military Rule in Latin America?
We speak with María Victoria Murillo about political conflict and the dangers democratic institutions currently face. María Victoria Murillo is a professor of Political Science and International Studies and Director of the Institute for Latin American Studies at Columbia University (New York). She is the author, among other books, of Unionism, market reforms and party coalitions in Latin America (Siglo Veintiuno, Buenos Aires, 2008). Find her podcast here.
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Koldo Casla on Human Rights In The Time of COVID-19
Koldo Casla is Lecturer at the Human Rights Centre and School of Law, University of Essex, UK.
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Things You Can Do Today
Donate
GiveDirectly: GiveDirectly is the first — and largest — nonprofit that lets donors like you send money directly to the world’s poorest. We believe people living in poverty deserve the dignity to choose for themselves how best to improve their lives — cash enables that choice.
One Fair Wage: Because the federal tipped minimum wage is *still* just $2.13/hour, we're trying to raise $213,000 to give no-strings-attached cash assistance to tipped restaurant workers, delivery drivers, personal service workers and others affected by coronavirus and the economic downturn. Your small donation will make a huge difference in the lives of tens of thousands of workers being hit hardest in this crisis. We need your help.
RIP Medical Debt: RIP Medical Debt empowers donors to forgive billions in oppressive medical debt. We are dedicated to removing the burden of medical debt for individuals and families and veterans across America.
Partners In Health: Our mission is to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care. By establishing long-term relationships with sister organizations based in settings of poverty, Partners In Health strives to achieve two overarching goals: to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need of them and to serve as an antidote to despair.
Make The Road: Our model integrates four core strategies for concrete change that millions of families feel every day:
Legal and Survival Services to tackle discrimination, abuse and poverty;
Transformative Education to develop community members’ abilities to lead our organization, our movement, and society;
Community Organizing to transform the systems and power structures impacting our communities; and
Policy Innovation to rewrite unjust rules and make our democracy truly accountable to all of us.
Here is what they have been focusing on during the COVID-19 crisis
Restaurant Workers Community Foundation: The RCWF Board of Directors has approved directing funds raised during this crisis to be allocated in the following ways:
50% FOR DIRECT RELIEF TO INDIVIDUAL RESTAURANT WORKERS
25% FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SERVING RESTAURANT WORKERS IN CRISIS
25% FOR ZERO-INTEREST LOANS FOR RESTAURANTS TO GET BACK UP AND RUNNING
Read
Read the news. Then get off your phone and grab a book (it will help keep you sane). Here are some of our favorites right now.
Fiction
Such a Fun Age, Apartment, Ties, A Long Petal Of The Sea, Freedomland
Non-Fiction
Brazil Apart, The Long Twentieth Century, The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, Feminism for the 99%
Exercise
The Scientific 7-Minute Workout
Play Board Games
Risk, Ticket to Ride and More…
Call and Write Your Representatives
Tell them what kind of policies we need and demand. Call early and often. Here are some ideas:
Here and Here and Here.
On The Future of Citizenship: A Conversation with Rainer Bauböck
We speak with Rainer Bauböck about how the concept of citizenship has changed over time. Rainer Bauböck was Professor of Social and Political Theory at the European University Institute in Florence and Co-director of the European Union Democracy Observatory on Citizenship. He is currently a part-time professor at the Schuman Centre of the EUI and chair of a commission on migration research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
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