The Mississippi Delta has a critical role in the development of U.S. (and global) capitalism. Like many people - even ones who have...

North Lake College is part of the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD). DCCCD was established in 1965 and is made up of...

Cabrillo College, on the coast between Santa Cruz and Watsonville was established in Watsonville in 1959 as "an open-door institution...

Mount Madonna Center is a spiritually-focused community and retreat center located in the Santa Cruz mountains that form Watsonville's...

Watsonville CA is located in the Pajaro Valley, on a plain between the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Cruz Mountains, 95 miles south of San...

Throughout this trip I have been conscious of how my privilege shapes my experience of travel. I'm white, middle-aged, U.S. citizen,...

After spending a night in Lamoille in northeastern Nevada, I stopped for coffee in nearby Spring Creek at the Mudd Hutt, "a basque coffee...

Working my way west and south from North Dakota I spent a couple of days in Driggs, Idaho, near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I'd never been...

I went to Williston ND because it is an unusual example of capitalism. Talking with students I generally say an economy is "how we make...

In the evening, after teaching at Little Wound High School, I worked with students in Prof. Joanne White Thunder's Introduction to...

On October 2nd I taught six classes at Little Wound High School in Kyle, SD. It was a full day - and gave me renewed respect for the...

A goal of the Talking Capitalism project is to stimulate conversations with (and ideally between) people living with a variety of the...

When I was preparing for this trip a friend sent me a very useful book, Cornbelt Rebellion: The Farmers' Holiday Association (Shover,...

Reading and talking about work - what it feels like, how - and why - we do it, its role in making value in business, its constitution as...

Last week I spent a couple of days in Belleville, Illinois. Belleville (pop. 43,000) is 25 miles east of St. Louis. One reason I'd...

This week I spent an energizing day talking capitalism with wonderful students and faculty at West Side Leadership Academy - Go Cougars!...

2nd year students, University of Michigan Law School In the Talking Capitalism story of capitalism democratic authority is paramount. ...

I had a short visit in Detroit. Campgrounds are few so I stayed with an Airbnb host in the Belle Isle area near downtown. I admire Diego...

Jim and Oscar stopped by my site at the campground in Republic., in northwestern Ohio We chatted a bit about how capitalism has worked...

Driving west from Pennsylvania, I crossed briefly into West Virginia before entering Ohio. Stopped at the McDonald's in East Liverpool,...