The Plutonomy—AI Edition—and the Coming Crisis
Driven by speculative finance, stagnant wages, and AI hype, today’s tech-heavy economy mirrors the fragile plutonomy that collapsed into the Great Crash of 1929.
On October 15, 2025, D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed David Bacon, journalist, photographer, and frequent D&S contributor, about his cover story for our November/December issue, "Poverty and Deportees on the Streets in Tijuana." This segment aired as part of the October 23rd episode of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.