#124 - Michael Lind - Why Britain And America Keep Betraying Their Working Class

About this episode

Michael Lind discusses the ongoing betrayal of the working class in Britain and America.

Michael Lind is a political theorist, historian, and one of America's most rigorous independent analysts of class, democracy, and political economy. He is a Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, a co-founder of the New America think tank, and a visiting professor at the University of Austin. He has taught at Harvard and Johns Hopkins and previously served as an assistant to the Director of the Center for the Study of Foreign Affairs ...

People in this episode

Host: John Gillam

Guest: Michael Lind

Topics covered

• working class
• political theory
• democracy
• political economy
• class analysis

Keywords

• Michael Lind
• working class
• political theory
• democracy
• political economy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, New America, Harvard, Johns Hopkins

Places: Britain, America, University of Texas at Austin, University of Austin

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