Jacobin Show: Privatization of Everything w/ Donald Cohen

<p>We're joined by Donald Cohen, executive director of the policy organization In The Public Interest, to discuss his new book <em>The Privatization of Everything</em>, which looks at how the privatization of public goods has undermined democracy. We're also joined by <em>Jacobin</em> staff writer Luke Savage to discuss his new book <em>The Dead Center—</em>and whether the left can (or should) save liberalism from liberals. Jen Pan covers the latest dumb workplace trend, the so-called "flexetariat," and explains why there's really no there there. Finally, Jen is joined by producer Cale to share some initial reactions to Lula's first round presidential victory and what that portends for class de-alignment and left populism.</p><br /><p>Donald Cohen's book: <a href="https://thenewpress.com/books/privatization-of-everything" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://thenewpress.com/books/privatization-of-everything</a></p><br /><p>Luke Savage's book: <a href="https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/the-dead-center/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/the-dead-center/</a></p><br /><p><em>The Jacobin Show</em> is a weekly YouTube show offering socialist perspectives on class and capitalism in the twenty-first century, the failures of liberalism, and the prospects of rebuilding a left labor movement in the US. Music by <a href="https://linktr.ee/zonkey" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Zonkey</a>. This is the podcast version of the episode from October 5, 2022.</p>