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.
An interview with Kalena Thomhave about the coming cuts to SNAP.
Chris Sturr, co-editor of D&S, interviewed economist Kalena Thomhave about her article for the January/February 2026 issue, "Starving the Safety Net." This segment aired as part of the December 25th, 2025 episode (episode #26) of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.