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Parrish & Bond-Graham, "Richard Blum: The Man Behind California's 'Developing Economy'" Anderson Valley Advertiser

Bond-Graham, Robinson & Parrish, "California's Nuclear Nexus" ZNet

Bond-Graham, Parrish & Robinson, "Full-Court Press" ZNet

The University of California hikes student fees and downsizes. The economic model promoted by the IMF, the World Bank, and the US Treasury leaves millions at the mercy of huge corporations. Is there a connection? Will Parrish sought an answer by way of an investigation into Richard Blum, UC Regent, business tycoon, and husband of California Senator Diane Feinstein.

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Nancy Fraser, "Feminism, Capitalism, and the Cunning of History" New Left Review

Second wave feminism arguably changed the lives of Americans more than any other movement of the New Left. Yet did it have the unintended consequence of bolstering a new form of capitalism taking shape? Noted feminist critic Nancy Fraser discusses the simultaneous rise of the women's movement and neoliberalism and argues for a renewed feminism today.

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David Harvey, Spaces of Global Capitalism: Towards a Theory of Uneven Geographical Development Verso, 2006

What role does urbanization play within the surplus-generating dynamics of capitalism? And what part do cities play in fueling or abating economic crises? Pioneering Marxist geographer David Harvey talks about 19th century Paris and New York City in the 1970s and how neoliberalism has shaped the city.

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Greg Grandin, Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism Metropolitan, 2007

In the 1980s, the emergent US New Right took shape on the battleground of Central America, bringing together secular free-marketers and evangelical Christians in an unholy alliance. Historian Greg Grandin talks about the ideology of US neo-conservatism in Central America, while David McNally speaks about the offensive of neoliberalism and the roots of the current financial meltdown.

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David McNally, Another World is Possible: Globalization and Anti-Capitalism Arbeiter Ring, 2006

In David McNally's analysis of the nature and causes of the ongoing economic crisis, he highlights, among other things, the volatility of money, the uses and abuses of working-class debt, a post-1982 expansion in global capitalism, and the fateful financialization of the economy. Debt has played a significant role, McNally argues in a recent article, in disciplining workers and poor people both here and abroad. (Holiday encore presentation.)

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Andrew Ross, Nice Work If You Can Get It: Life and Labor in Precarious Times NYU Press, 2009

The era of stable, secure, steady work with one employer is over. According to Andrew Ross, precarity has become a central element in people's lives. What explains the rise of contingent employment, and how prevalent has it become in the creative economy and in education? Ross talks about recent trends and their impact, and offers his vision of an alternative to "flexploitation."