Bonus - Political Capitalism and Trumpism w/ Dylan John Riley (Preview)

About this episode

Danny and Derek discuss political capitalism and Trumpism with sociologist Dylan Riley, exploring the crisis of American capitalism.

Subscribe now⁠ for the full episode. Danny and Derek welcome to the podcast sociologist Dylan Riley for a conversation about political capitalism, Trumpism, and the crisis of American capitalism. They talk about debates over the falling rate of profit and the long downturn; what shapes the capitalist crisis; the rise of asset price inflation, monopolization, and financialization; whether AI and data center investment represent a new bubble; corruption in the second Trump administration and how it fits into political capitalism; and more. Read Dylan’s piece co-authored with Robert Brenner in New Left Review, “The Long Downturn and Its Political Results.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Daniel Bessner, Derek Davison

Guest: Dylan Riley

Topics covered

• political capitalism
• Trumpism
• crisis of American capitalism
• asset price inflation
• monopolization
• financialization
• corruption

Keywords

• political capitalism
• Trumpism
• capitalist crisis
• asset price inflation
• financialization
• corruption
• long downturn

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New Left Review, Trump administration, American capitalism, AI, data center investment

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