American Campus Podcast
a social and political history of higher education
American Campus Podcast
Tragedy of the education commons with Guy Standing
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References and suggested readings:
- Guy Standing. 2026. Human Capital: The Tragedy of the Education Commons. Penguin Press.
- “Linda McMahon slaps her daughter Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley: RAW IS WAR, Apr. 17, 2000”
- Nafeez Ahmed, Peter Jukes, and Hardeep Matharu. July 9, 2026. Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK’s Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed. Byline Times.
- Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway. 2011. Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Climate Change. Bloomsbury.
- Ralph Wilson and Isaac Kamola. 2021. Free Speech and Koch Money: Manufacturing a Campus Culture War. Pluto Press.
- Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff. 2026. Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. Harper.
- Hannah Arendt. The Human Condition.
- Guy Standing. 2021. The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class Special Covid-19 Edition. IB Taurus & Co.
- Guy Standing. 2023. The Blue Commons: Rescuing the Economy of the Sea. Pelican.
- Guy Standing’s website
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