Behind the News: Farewell Biden w/ Branko Marcetic
Plus: Santiago Pérez on the class composition of elite colleges.
January 3, 2025
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January 3, 2025
Behind the News: Farewell Biden w/ Branko Marcetic
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<p>Branko Marcetic, staff writer at <em>Jacobin</em> and author of <em><a href="https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/2654-yesterday-s-man" rel="nofollow">Yesterday's Man</a></em>, says farewell to Joe Biden (and takes some shots at Joe Scarborough too). Santiago Pérez, co-author of <a href="https://seperez.faculty.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/743/2024/11/AKPP.pdf" rel="nofollow">a recent paper</a>, discusses his research on how little the class composition of elite college student bodies has changed.</p>
<p><em>Behind the News</em>, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive online: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html</a></p>
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