Breaking down religion, politics, and money. Dive into why democracy is hard — but worth the work.

Professor, UC Berkeley. I do political economy in sociology. For me that means studying changing markets and their enabling institutions, but in such a way that centers history, culture/knowledge, and power.

The history and politics of monopoly power.

Politics, media and social theory

One of the best ways to learn to make sense of money, work, communication, production, distribution, and more. Betting that in the course of human things the future must resemble even if it does not reflect the past, people being much the same over time.