Who Makes Cents?: A History of Capitalism Podcast

A History podcast by Jessica Levy

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Who Makes Cents?: A History of Capitalism Podcast is a monthly program devoted to bringing you quality, engaging stories that explain how capitalism has changed over time. We interview historians and social and cultural critics about capitalism’s past, highlighting the political and economic changes that have created the present. Each episode gives voice to the people who have shaped capitalism – by making the rules or by breaking them, by creating economic structures or by resisting them.

Recent Episodes

Andrew Kahrl on Inequality, Theft, and Taxation in Modern America
Published: November 5, 2024
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Andrew McKevitt on Gun Capitalism
Published: October 1, 2024
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Rachel Gross on How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America
Published: September 2, 2024
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Margot Canaday on Queer Workers in Modern America
Published: August 1, 2024
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Elizabeth Ingleson on the Past and Present of Made in China
Published: July 1, 2024
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Teresa Ghilarducci on the Past and Future of Retirement
Published: June 3, 2024
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Cheryl Narumi Naruse on Singapore, Postcolonial Capitalism, and Becoming Global Asia
Published: May 5, 2024
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Ben Waterhouse on the Dream and Reality of Self Employment
Published: April 2, 2024
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Brent Cebul on Business, Inequality, and American Liberalism
Published: March 5, 2024
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Tim Keogh on Suburban Poverty and the Roots of Postwar Inequality
Published: February 6, 2024
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