Born in Flames w/ Bench Ansfield (Unlocked)
This episode was originally released November 3rd for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice and Tracy speak with Bench Ansfield about their new book charting the rise of the FIRE economy (finance, insurance, real estate) in the 1970s and how this new evolution of racial capitalism led landlords to set fire to their own buildings in the Bronx and throughout the US, placing the blame on—and pathologizing—the very tenants they were dispossessing. Find…
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