Behind the News: The Political Economy of Slavery w/ David McNally

David McNally, author of Slavery and Capitalism (ucpress.edu/books/slavery-and-capitalism/paper), discusses the political economy of the institution. Plus: Billy Fleming, author of Building Postcarbon Futures (cup.columbia.edu/book/building-postcarbon-futu…), explains how we might get from here to there.

Behind the News (leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html), hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.