Muskism is the New Fordism w/ Ben Tarnoff & Quinn Slobodian
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Muskism is the New Fordism
Ben Tarnoff & Quinn Slobodian
Notes
Paris Marx is joined by Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian to discuss their new book Muskism which explores how Elon Musk exemplifies a new economic system shaping our lives, similar to Fordism in the twentieth century.
Guest
Ben Tarnoff & Quinn Slobodian are the authors of Muskism. Ben is a writer and technologist based in Massachusetts and the author of Internet for the People. Quinn is professor of international history at Boston University, and the author of books like Crack-Up Capitalism.
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Links
- For listeners who are feeling extra academic, here is the Milton Friedman economics paper, “The Methodology of Positive Economics.”
- Quinn discusses his struggle to find any reporting on Jared Leto and the Optimus robot media stunt (that goes deeper than commenting on the virality).