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

We are joined by Tamara Nopper and Eve Zelickson—from the Data & Society Research Institute—to 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—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—all come together to control access to, and degrade the quality of, essential services for human life and society.

• 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/
• Follow Tamara: https://twitter.com/tamaranopper
• Follow Eve: https://twitter.com/zel_eve

Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)