The Middle Class - Quillette

Podcast # 193: Understanding Wokeness as a Make-Work Strategy for the Privileged Class

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Swedish Marxist Malcom Kyeyune, who argues that nominally progressive theories of race and gender are actually aimed at securing influence, employment, and prestige for underemployed university graduates.

Quillette 19 Jul 2022 · 1 min read

Will Workers' Wages Ever Go Up Again?

With the threat of plant closures hanging over negotiations like the sword of Damocles, union priorities have shifted from bargaining for wage increases to bargaining for job and pension security.

Jeff Rubin 25 Sep 2020 · 9 min read

PODCAST 113: Jeff Rubin on the Plight of Today’s Middle-Class ‘Expendables’

Quillette Editor Jonathan Kay talks to economist-turned-author Jeff Rubin about his new book, The Expendables: How the Middle Class Got Screwed By Globalization—and the devastating consequences of globalization that many progressive thinkers seem reluctant to talk about.

Quillette 25 Sep 2020 · 1 min read