Political Economy

What your dinner plate reveals about markets, power, and the future of work. A series exploring how everyday foods expose the hidden forces shaping our economy—from the care economy to corporate power, from automation to trade wars.

Hunger is not caused by food scarcity or population explosion—it results from the concentrated control of food production resources by a wealthy elite. Explore how inequality fabricates artificial scarcity.

The cycle of revelation and resistance: why societies consistently squander the window for reform.

The material mandate: how the clothes we wear codify class, power, and purity.

Why some cities burn and others don't: fire policy as political economy and the architecture of vulnerability.

From Roman flatbread to TV dinners: the epicurean paradox of why the simplest foods hide the most complicated politics.

From innovation to instinct: unearthing the epic stories behind the everyday and exploring the political economy of who lives and who dies.

A comprehensive exploration of envy in economic systems, from workplace fairness to political redistribution

Despite repeated disasters, societies fail to learn. This isn't forgetfulness—it's a political choice with predictable beneficiaries.

Pandemics expose fault lines in society and often catalyze lasting political change—for better or worse.