279. The Power of Wellness Capitalism (ft. Tamara Nopper, Eve Zelickson)

Published: Aug. 31, 2023, 9:42 p.m.

b'We are joined by Tamara Nopper and Eve Zelickson \\u2014\\u2014 from the Data & Society Research Institute \\u2014\\u2014\\xa0to discuss their excellent primer on Wellness Capitalism. This is the pure ideal of TMK crossovers as we lay out how an intricate tangle of things \\u2014\\u2014 the organization of social reproduction by capital, the power dynamics of labor-boss relations, the cultures of personal responsibility and behavioral choices, the technocratic authority of baroque administrative systems, the actuarial governance regime of risk management \\u2014\\u2014 all come together to control access to, and degrade the quality of, essential services for human life and society.\\n\\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 Wellness Capitalism: Employee Health, the Benefits Maze, and Worker Control | Tamara Nopper, Eve Zelickson https://datasociety.net/library/wellness-capitalism-employee-health-the-benefits-maze-and-worker-control/\\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 Follow Tamara: https://twitter.com/tamaranopper\\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 Follow Eve: https://twitter.com/zel_eve \\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)'