For those of you who’ve been following my online book club (which reminds me, I need to write up the post for the Conclusion), but who prefer audio to text, I sat down with the good folks at Money on the Left (the podcast of the Modern Money Network) to talk about how my work […]
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Last week, the online book club of my new book (available to the reading public here and here) discussed how the War on Poverty came around on direct job creation too late to have an impact on the
Last week, the online book club of my new book (available to the reading public here and here) discussed how the 1946 Employment Act jettisoned the New Deal’s legacy of direct job creation i
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In the liminal space between the midterm elections (very much a blue wave) and the seating of a Democratically-controlled House, the political situation is remarkably fluid and indistinct, especially when it comes to the question of how far to the left the Democratic caucus will move. As Lemeiux has said, the attempt to unseat Nancy […]
Last week (although it was more than a week ago), the online book club of my new book (available to the reading public here and here) discussed the most controversial chapter of the book, which ar
Last week, the online book club of my new book (available to the reading public here and here) discussed how the Works Progress Administration triumphed over the Public Works Administration’s
As I mentioned a while back, CUNY’s School of Labor and Urban Studies is hosting a book party for my new book (available here and here) and I now have details for that event: When: October 19th, 2018, 4PM-7PM Where: 25 West 43rd Street (b/w 5th and 6th Ave), 18th Floor, Room 18A, New York NY If you’re […]
Last week the online book club of my new book (available to the reading public here and here), discussed how direct job creation programs built a place for themselves within the New Deal’s vi
Last week, the online book club of my new book (available to the reading public here and here) began with a discussion of the origins of direct job creation policy, the scholarly and political reas
(The following post is by our very own Murc, with very minor edits by yours truly. Enjoy!) Cynthia Nixon’s loss yesterday wasn’t absolutely foreordained, but the writing had been on the wall almost since she declared; Nixon had never been closer to Cuomo than thirty points (which is what she lost by, 65-35) and at […]
As I announced last week, my first academic book has officially been published (available to the reading public here and here) and to celebrate, I’m running an online book club where we’
I’m very excited to announce that my first academic book, People Must Live By Work: Direct Job Creation in America, from FDR to Reagan, officially hits shelves today, September 4th! (You can buy a c