The promise of access, technology, inequality and the political economy of hope. This week paris marks talks to dan green about his book tet won't save us. Green is an assistant professor at the university of maryland's college of information studies. He says that clinton was not only the democratic president that embraced neo liberal policy,. by slashing the welfare state and increasing the carceral state. But he also oversaw the privatiation of the internet.
Paris Marx is joined by Dan Greene to discuss how the Clinton administration reframed poverty through the lens of the internet and how that transformed the missions of key institutions like libraries and schools.
Dan Greene is an assistant professor at University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies. He is the author of “The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope.” Follow Dan on Twitter at @Green_DM.
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