Why Elite Universities Need to Fight Back

I broke it down with John Warner and Perry Bacon Jr. in his New Republic Podcast.

Jun 25 • Charlie Eaton, Perry Bacon Jr, and John Warner

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May 2026

Unions Against Oligarchy

70,000 Uber and Lyft drivers win in Massachusetts

May 26 • Charlie Eaton

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Live with Debt Collective

A recording from Charlie Eaton and Debt Collective's live video

May 6 • Charlie Eaton and Debt Collective

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March 2026

How to end the weirdest and worst student debts

California's Little Hoover Commission investigates shadowy charges known as student institutional debts through which colleges harm students and…

Mar 31 • Charlie Eaton

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Axis of Oligarchy

Wall Street and Big Tech in the Era of Trump

Mar 23 • Charlie Eaton

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Welcome

I study elites in politics and the economy -- and policy strategies for rebalancing power and wealth towards ordinary people.

Mar 17 • Charlie Eaton

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February 2026

The Epstein Oligarchs

The files had to be released because they corrupted justice under both Democrats and Republicans.

Feb 24 • Charlie Eaton

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What am I doing?

It's something about oligarchy, but I need your help to figure out what this newsletter is.

Feb 17 • Charlie Eaton

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The Rupture and the Universities

There's no going back. So we need to imagine something new.

Feb 12 • Charlie Eaton

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November 2025

An Academic Social Contract

Elite universities should forge a new social contract with disenchanted Americans, not with the oligarchs behind Trump's "Compact."

Nov 10, 2025 • Charlie Eaton

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June 2025

The Elite War on Universities

Video and notes from my University of Chicago lecture.

Jun 17, 2025 • Charlie Eaton

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Why financiers like to be university trustees

I break it down in an extended Chronicle of Higher Ed interview. Financier and former Penn trustee Scott Bok says I get it right.

Jun 2, 2025 • Charlie Eaton

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