FEEcast
About this podcast
Economics is everywhere...if only you choose to see it. Join the FEEcast team every Friday for a lively recap of the week's important stories to give you the meaning behind the headlines.
Featuring Richard Lorenc, Brittany Hunter, Dan Sanchez and Marianne March
Produced by Sean W. Malone, Pavel Rusakov, and Jaye Davidson
Sears Was the 20th Century’s Amazon
October 19, 2018
After 132 years, Sears is filing for bankruptcy. But it’s not necessarily over for the company which has a surprising and honorable history of disrupting racial hierarchies in the days of Jim Crow. On this episode of the FEEcast, Richard, Anna Jane, and Marianne discuss the company that was truly the Amazon of the 20th century and tackle the question: how likely is it that today's corporate giants will stand the test of time?
Show Notes:
Sears, the store that changed America, declares bankruptcy
How Sears mail-order catalogs undermined Jim Crow racism
Antitrust Myths and the Fall of Sears
Chris Kjorness on How Capitalism Midwifed the Birth of the Blues