Who Makes Cents?: A History of Capitalism Podcast

1. Episode · Sep 1, 2026

   Devin Kennedy on Computing and Capitalism (opens the original)

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   So often, when we hear about computing or computers, we think about disruption— some technological advancement that signals a radical break with all that came before. But what if that's wrong, or at the very least, incomplete? Today's guest, Devin Kennedy, argues that the twentieth-century history of computing is marked just as much by continuity as change—even between eras, like Fordism and post-Fordism, that we usually separate with a bright line. I promise you: it's the only book you'll read

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2. Episode · Aug 7, 2026

   Danielle Wiggins on Black Excellence and the Making of Modern Liberalism (opens the original)

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   The story of neoliberal capitalism's emergence in the United States typically begins with Ronald Reagan. By contrast, recent scholarship has emphasized the bipartisan nature of the rise of free market politics. Revisiting the history of mid-century liberalism, historians have shown how significant aspects of the New Deal relied on private sector actors and facilitated, as opposed to constrained, market activity. Moving forward in time, they have shown how New Democrats like Bill Clinton and the

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