Natalie Kitrow
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 11 Jun
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There's Wall Street, there's the ultra wealthy and everyone else.
You're pointing to a moment in this history where the economic forces we've been discussing start to have very visible political consequences.
Yeah, I graduated college in 2011 and remember Occupy so well.
It was this thing that really activated college graduates politically, not just in New York, but all across the country.
There were Occupy-style protests, I remember, in many cities.
And it felt as though this was the critical juncture at which the rage that had been bubbling over inequality, it became more of a solidified political identity.
So, Noam, you said the Occupy movement was really the opening act for this political realignment.
So what happens after Occupy, after it fizzles out in 2011?
Can you just slow down and explain what you mean by consolidation?
You're saying consolidation sometimes leaves workers worse off because as a worker, you now have fewer options and less power.
Why?
What happened?
How do you mean?
So the rise of Bernie Sanders and his political appeal within this class of highly educated people that you've been looking at, that is a manifestation of the shift that you've been talking about.
It seems as though Bernie both reflects this growing left-wing populism among college grads, but he also may be driving it, just like Occupy did, helping to solidify that identity.
OK, Noam, at the beginning of this conversation, you said economic forces weren't the only thing driving this populism on the left among this cohort.
So can we turn to some of the other forces for a minute?
Ideological, cultural.
One theory that I've seen, which I know you've also engaged with for why America's college educated population has moved to the left, is that.
The demographics of this group have just fundamentally changed.
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