Dawn of the Indebted: Zombie Neoliberalism Hits the Big Screen

Desiree Fields & Tom Gillespie — 2016-03-08T06:00:00Z

As the tremors of the 2008 crumbling US housing market were felt around the world, even the most astute couldn't have predicted that its backstory would be adapted into not one but two Hollywood features. Desiree Fields and Tom Gillespie review The Big Short and 99 Homes—two films depicting landscapes where not even the winners of the game believe in it anymore.
Around the world, the US subprime mortgage market is understood as the epicenter of the near-implosion of the global economy in

- Reviews / financial crisis, housing, real estate, crisis, foreclosure, subprime, Wall Street, film, documentary

Finance as a New Terrain for Progressive Urban Politics

Desiree Fields — 2014-11-06T05:55:00Z

Since the foreclosure crisis, inequalities have only deepened in the US, with most wealth accruing to the 1%. Desiree Fields offers critical insights into what a progressive political countermovement that centers a narrative of finance with its thumb on the scale might look like.
The countermovement that wasn't
Many people, including me, believed that the global financial crisis that started in the US mortgage market signaled an unmistakable opening. Being so tightly linked to financial

- Debates / financial crisis, housing, inequalities, social movement, United States, crisis, rental, finance, foreclosure, progressive urban politics, rent, rental housing

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Dawn of the Indebted: Zombie Neoliberalism Hits the Big Screen

Finance as a New Terrain for Progressive Urban Politics