Sam and Emma host public sector immigration lawyer Daniel Melo to discuss his recent book Borderlines: The Edges of U.S. Capitalism, Immigration, and Democracy, which contextualizes immigration policy within the history of the US, and exploring what we can do to push back against the unfair designation of the migrant position. Melo begins by stepping back to the early […]

First, University of Massachusetts-Lowell professor of economics Bill Lazonick joins Sam for part 2 of their discussion on stock buybacks. Duke professor of History Edward Balleisen joins us to discuss his book “Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff.” What is fraud in a legal sense, and in America specifically. The “caveat emptor” beginnings […]

Renowned economics professor Richard Wolff discusses the collapse of capitalism, Roosevelt’s action during the Great Depression and measures