Fred Block, Research Professor of Sociology at UC Davis, joins Rob Johnson to discuss his latest book, The Habitation Society, which explores the need to move beyond industrial-era economic models to create an economy that prioritizes community well-being. Block critiques how economic policies have fueled inequality and stagnation while offering solutions—such as restructuring public finance—to foster prosperity for all.
We need a new blueprint for stability.
New book reveals how and why hedge-fund activists have been able to suck the life from big-name companies like J.C. Penney and Samsung with their short-sighted profit-grabs. Can their harmful activities be stopped?
Automatic enrollment in retirement plans is a game-changer, but it also brings unexpected consequences.
If there is no universally accepted outside authority to tell us how to judge theories then knowledge is only going to progress by means of debate
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The power of mutual funds to influence economic and social choices through their voting behavior points to deeper ideologies driving institutional investors.
Fifty years ago the actions of the Federal Reserve mattered. Today, so far as the aggregate measures of the American domestic economy go, they do not.
Books discussed in this essay:
Sarah Binder and Mark Spindel, The Myth of Independence: How Congress Governs the Federal Reserve. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017.
Sociologist Michael A. McCarthy's latest book shows how ordinary people can take back control of financial capitalism and make it work for them.
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The country’s flawed insurance model, driven by greed, leads to inefficiency, inequality, and denied care - a colossal scam that has sparked fury across the nation.
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An interview with Thomas Ferguson on the 2024 US election conducted by Andrew Yamakawa Elrod and Tim Barker for Phenomenal World
First published at: Phenomenal World
