Objects and Values of Labor in Socialist Hungary

This week’s podcast is “Objects and Values of Labor in Socialist Hungary,” the second in REEES Fall Series Socialism: Past, Present, and Future. Guest: Martha Lampland is a Professor of Sociology and Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego. She’s the author of two books The Object of Labor: Commodification in Socialist Hungary and The Value of Labor: The Science of Commodification in Hungary, 1920-1956 both published by the University of Chicago Press. Music: Throbbing Gristle, “Hamburger Lady,” D.O.A.: The Third and Final Report, 1978.