The Dig: Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper
The first in a two-part series about neoliberalism.
October 1, 2025
1 hr 53 min
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October 1, 2025
The Dig: Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper
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<p>Featuring Melinda Cooper on <em>Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance</em>. Neoliberalism remade the American economy into an engine for the appreciation of assets stretching from the single-family suburban home to the stock market. This revanchist offensive sought to enforce not only the class order and fiscal rectitude but also gender, sexual, and racial hierarchies.</p>
<p>The first in a two-part series.</p>
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