For most of the 20th century, there was a clear wall between working people’s pension funds and the riskier corners of financial markets. This wasn’t accidental—it was the law.

Many feminists urge a transition toward a dual-earner/dual-carer system in which women and men alike earn money and provide unpaid care for their families and communities. But is this possible in the current economic system?

The D&S Debrief

Interview: Municipal Socialism

An interview with Shel Stromquist on municipal socialism in the United States.

Shelton Stromquist Sep 28, 2025

A page from the Milwaukee Municipal Campaign Book of the Social-Democratic Party, 1912. Source: Wisconsin Historical Society.

Chris Sturr, co-editor of D&S, interviewed labor historian Shel Stromquist about his article for the September/October 2025 issue, "Mamdani's Municipal Socialist Inheritance." A shorter version of this interview aired as part of the September 25 episode (episode #22) of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.