Recorded at the Harvard Trade Union Program.

The scale of corporate scandals is unprecedented in American history. Many workers have lost not only their jobs but also their savings, pensions and investments. Upper management, the so-called captains of industry, cashed in their stocks long before they tanked. Wall Street brokers, dependent on commissions, were selling investors stocks they were describing in internal […]

Imperialism is usually associated with voracious and belligerent European states like Britain, France, Spain and Portugal. They conquered and colonized much of the world. By the time the U.S. entered the international arena in the late 19th century, there wasn’t much left to grab but Spain was weak and vulnerable. The U.S. war with Spain […]