BUZZING· 71%37m·2026-06-11·News PoliticsThe Young Economic Populists Reshaping the Left
College graduates used to lean right politically, but over the past few decades, they have increasingly moved to the left. Today, Noam Scheiber, the author of “Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class,” explains the economic forces that have left many college grads deeply indebted, underpaid…
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“Administrators at my wife's (MD) hospital think they are far more valuable and more capable than her and her colleagues. It's truly insane.”
“It’s so funny to think of using taxes to benefit taxpayers as “left”. It’s so weird to think Taxing Corporations, Billionaires and the Asset hoards is considered “Left “ when it is basic math to tax who has been most extractive.”
“Glad to see it. We need big changes. Class consciousness is on the rise”
“Is it any wonder with the way people are being gouged and now cannot afford a decent quality of life they might turn the economy on its head?”
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