Mill Talk: Work, democracy & your paycheck

What paystubs can tell us about American democracy and American capitalism.

When’s the last time you checked your paystub? Most Americans don’t anymore. It can be hard to find them on HR websites. But Americans really should be checking their paystubs. Each of those deductions is a monument to fierce battles over what life should be like, on and off the job. They are also a reminder, every few weeks, that so much of what it has meant to be a citizen has been tied to the work that Americans have done.

Speaker bio:
Elizabeth Tandy Shermer is a history professor at the University of Georgia, where she directs the Applied History program. She is broadly interested in the history of work, capitalism and democracy in twentieth-century America.

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