How the consensus around state intervention eroded over time It took the crisis of the 1930s for business, academic and political elites to come together in favor of a more active government in social and economic…
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Software Eating Democracy
How Big Business learned to buy influence and push its agenda With the emergence of mass media in the 1960s, all the intermediary bodies and political machines that used to structure our democracies lost their political…
My New Book, Week by Week
This is the provisional outline of my new book (code-named ‘HEDGE’) about liberalism and the Entrepreneurial Age. Each Monday, I share ideas and sources related to the latest completed chapter and add the story to the list… Read the full…
Entrepreneurs and the New Corporate World
How the “Traitorous Eight” ushered in a new era of entrepreneurship Large corporations were all-powerful in the 20th century: only in capital-intensive corporate labs could talented researchers and scientists hope to achieve progress. This all…
From the Old to the New Working Class
How the old working class lost its sway The old working class — factory workers with good wages and job security whose powerful unions liberal politicians could not do without — still shapes our idea of work. Yet it is…
A Call For Radical Imagination
“The history of capitalism recounts the eternal battle between individuals and corporations. And the history of liberalism can be traced through its attempts to empower individuals in this battle. At…” Read the full article here
What If We Didn’t Need Another War?
Is total war necessary for radical change? Most of the inclusive institutions for the Fordist age were the result of World War II: the need to rebuild cities from the ground up and heal the wounds…