Dead Pundits Society

Joining us this week to talk about the decline of pensions and our social safety net is Michael McCarthy, assistant professor of sociology at Marquette University. We discuss a recent study that found a large number of millennials are relying on socialism for their retirement needs. We then move on to a discussion about the history of pensions covered in Michael's book, Dismantling Solidarity: Capitalist Politics and American Pensions since the New Deal: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100439360. Find some of Michael's writings here: -"Worked to Death," https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/retirement-social-security-pensions-welfare-state-workers -Dismantling Solidarity: Capitalist Politics and American Pensions since the New Deal (2017): https://www.amazon.com/Dismantling-Solidarity-Capitalist-Politics-American/dp/1501713175 ------------------------------------------- Patreon: www.patreon.com/deadpundits Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/deadpundits iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podca