Behind the News: Why the Right Hates Theory w/ Moira Weigel
Plus: J.W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev on their new book, Against Money.
June 16, 2026
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<p>J.W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev, authors of the new book <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo265118979.html" rel="nofollow"><em>Against Money</em></a>, explain that curious stuff and enumerate its problems. Moira Weigel, author of <a href="https://direct.mit.edu/octo/article-abstract/doi/10.1162/OCTO.a.535/135710/Hating-Theory-Today?redirectedFrom=fulltext" rel="nofollow">a recent article</a> for the journal <em>October</em>, takes a look at why the right hates theory.</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.</p>
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