When Elon Musk called Social Security “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time” on Joe Rogan’s podcast on February 28, he was, ...

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This essay is part of an Election Chronicle series in our Winter 2025 issue, Trump’s Return. Subscribe to get a copy. The year 2014 was a heady moment in the economic policy world. That spring, French ...

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Michael McCarthy is an assistant professor of sociology at Marquette University. He is currently writing a book on the development of America's private pension system titled Privatizing the Golden ...

Donald Trump spent his first days back in the White House rolling out plans for mass deportations, an unbridled assault on civil rights, and the defunding of vital social programs. Meanwhile, the tech ...

Charlotte Lieberman is a New York based writer who thinks and writes about literature, feminism, the digital economy, food, and wellness.

Tobias Hübinette is a Senior Lecturer at Karlstad University. He is a member of the Research Group for Culture Studies (KuFo) and was previously responsible for the Forte-funded Research Network for ...