American Campus Podcast

a social and political history of US higher ed

NYT discovers community colleges, UChicago discovers crypto losses with Marshall Steinbaum

August 31, 2025 • Lauren Lassabe Shepherd

The Chicago boys would have loved digital assets.

References and suggested readings:

Alan Blinder and Steven Rich. August 25, 2025. The Typical College Student Is Not Who You Think. New York Times. (Strongly recommend reading the comments)
Teddy Gania. March 19, 2025. UChicago Lost Money On Crypto, Then Froze Research When Federal Funding Was Cut. The Stanford Review.
Richard J. Evans. 2005. The Coming of the Third Reich. Penguin Books.
Marshall Steinbaum’s website, Twitter, and Bluesky

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Get in touch. Want to request a topic or pitch an episode? Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu

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