Episode 272: Henry Saw This Coming

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There are far more thinkers whose writings can explain phenomena better than most; but thanks to ruthless historical suppression, those thinkers are not even considered. I'd like to frame a few economic problems many of us are facing today to the philosophy of Henry George in this Episode 272: Henry Saw This Coming.

In this episode, I read from: Jathan Sadowski's book The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism; Henry George's book, Progress & Poverty; an article about the Department of Justice's recent lawsuit against the makers of the RealPage software; my computer's quickie dictionary; and, from his newsletter Big, Matt Stoller's look into the state of family-owned farms today.

I play: Cory Doctorow explaining how copyright law has enforced patents (from Matt Stoller and David Baen's podcast Organized Money; and Arkansas farmer Adam Chappell, speaking on the American Farmland Owner Podcast.

Musically, KMFDM opens the show with Cory Doctorow explaining one just one element of enshittification. Julie & Rolf & The Campfire Gang close us out with "Over the Rainbow".