Author
Stephen Shenfield
Capitalism, Class, War, Work
May Day: The Endless Fight for the Eight-hour Day
Dancing round the Maypole on the First of May is an ancient custom. Only in 1891, however, did May Day become an occasion for workers’ demonstrations. The ...
Book Review, Capitalism, Class
‘Changing the World’ Without Changing the World
Daniel W. Drezner, The Ideas Industry. Oxford University Press, 2017. David Callahan, The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age. Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. Anand Giridharadas, Winners ...
Globalization Goes Into Reverse
Back in October 2008 I suggested that globalization ‘has lost impetus and may even have passed its zenith’. Now, in the aftermath of Brexit and the inauguration ...
Capitalism, Class, Economics, News, Politics, Uncategorized
The ‘Democratic Socialism’ of Bernie Sanders
To a socialist Senator Bernie Sanders is far and away the least distasteful of the current contenders for the American presidency. He seems decent and sincere. Although ...
Life in the New York Cities (2014)
A review of a book which shares stories that highlight the stark contrast of economic inequality that in New York City.