Christopher W. Shaw
Christopher W. Shaw | |
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Education | PhD, University of California, Berkeley |
Occupation(s) | Historian, author, and policy analyst |
Christopher W. Shaw is an American historian, author, and policy analyst. In 2013, Shaw earned a PhD in history from the University of California, Berkeley.[1] One of the primary focuses of his research has been the history of the United States Postal Service and its decline in recent decades, particularly due to the actions of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.[2][3] He was one of the first to recommend restarting postal banking in 2006, and has continued to promote this idea.[4][5] Shaw is a project director at Ralph Nader's Center for Study of Responsive Law.[6]
Research and works
[edit]Shaw's 2019 book Money, Power, and the People: The American Struggle to Make Banking Democratic covered the history of the American banking system during the Progressive Era and the New Deal era, along with how events such as the Great Depression affected the public's trust in the system.[7] The focus of the book is revealing the impact of collective action by working people on the U.S. banking system. This includes creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, United States Postal Savings System, and Federal Farm Loan Act. The book covers all of this, but parts also are in journal articles.[8][9][10] It also includes how collective action by working people reduced the influence of bankers on the Federal Reserve System in the Banking Act of 1935.[11] Based on Shaw's research, he has called for making the Federal Reserve more accountable to citizens.[12]
His research on the U.S. Postal Service documents its importance to American democracy.[13] He was one of the first to recommend restarting postal banking in 2006, and has continued to promote this idea.[4][5] He also proposed creating a "Post Office Consumer Action Group" that would give the public an organized voice to help counter the influence of large corporations on the U.S. Postal Service.[6]
The validity of his research has been extensively and favorably reviewed.[7][14][15][16]
Published works
[edit]- First Class: The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy, and the Corporate Threat. City Lights Books. 2021. ISBN 978-0872868779.[17]
- Money, Power, and the People: The American Struggle to Make Banking Democratic. University of Chicago Press. 2019. ISBN 9780226636337.[18]
- Preserving the People's Post Office. Essential Books. 2006. ISBN 978-1893520035.
References
[edit]- ^ "Christopher W. Shaw". University of Chicago Press. Archived from the original on April 20, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ^ Kim, Mina (October 13, 2021). "Mail Delivery Slowdown Speaks to Bigger Problems for the U.S. Postal Service". KQED. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
- ^ Jonah Chester (October 4, 2021). "First-Class Mail: The History And Future Of The U.S. Postal Service". A Public Affair (Podcast). WORT. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
- ^ a b Preserving the People’s Post Office, pp. 171-186; First Class: The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy, and the Corporate Threat, pp. 174-180
- ^ a b Shaw, Christopher W. (July 21, 2020). "Postal Banking is Making a Comeback: Here's How to Ensure It Becomes Reality". Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 15, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ a b First Class, pp. 154-158; Barr, Stephen (December 15, 2006). "Nearing Takeoff: Compensation For Justice Lawyers' Travel Time". Washington Post. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
- ^ a b Dayen, David (May 13, 2020). "Dr. Jekyll, or Mr. Biden?". The American Prospect. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
- ^ Shaw, Christopher W. (December 8, 2014). ""The Man in the Street Is for It": The Road to the FDIC". Journal of Policy History. 27. Cambridge University Press: 36–60. doi:10.1017/S0898030614000359. S2CID 154303860.
- ^ Shaw, Christopher W. (September 9, 2017). ""Banks of the People": The Life and Death of the U.S. Postal Savings System Get access Arrow". Journal of Social History. 52 (1, Fall 2018): 121–152. doi:10.1093/jsh/shx036. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ Shaw, Christopher W. (2018). ""Tired of Being Exploited": The Grassroots Origin of the Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916". Agricultural History. 92 (4). Duke University Press: 512–540. doi:10.3098/ah.2018.092.4.512. JSTOR 10.3098/ah.2018.092.4.512. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ Money, Power, and the People, pp. 237-256
- ^ Shaw, Christopher W. (March 30, 2023). "The Money Question: Is Trump Right About the Fed?". Harper's Magazine. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ Shaw, Christopher W. (October 27, 2020). "The U.S. Postal Service Was Designed to Serve Democracy: The 2020 Election Could Depend on Its Success". Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ Corrigan, Hope (October 7, 2021). "CHECK'S IN THE MAIL: Who doesn't want the USPS to bring banking back to the post office?". Quartz. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
Shaw, however, does not anticipate this issue being a strictly partisan one."There is actually a decent amount of support for the postal service amongst Republicans, especially ones who represent a rural district because the postal service is so important in rural America," he says.
- ^ Tsirkin, Julie; McCausland, Phil (October 4, 2021). "Politics news: Return of Postal Banking Service Tests New Financial Services". NBC. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ Small, Jalen; Rouhandeh, Alex J. (November 12, 2021). "Louis Dejoy's 10 year Plan is Death Knell for U.S. Postal Service". Newsweek. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ Reviews for First Class:
- Kosar, Kevin (January 13, 2022). "'First Class' Review: Undeliverable Objectives". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- Nader, Ralph (November 15, 2021). "New Book Shines Ways to Rebound Our Historic Postal Service". CounterPunch. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- "Christopher Shaw on the American Struggle to Make Banking Democratic". Corporate Crime Reporter. December 10, 2019. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
- Day, Gary (October 15, 2021). "First Class: The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy, and the Corporate Threat". The Booklist. 118 (4): 3. Retrieved October 5, 2022 – via ProQuest.
- Christine Hatfield (November 29, 2021). "New book examines US Postal Service's troubles". The Morning Show (Podcast). Wisconsin Public Radio. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
- Leonard Lopate (November 22, 2021). "Christopher W. Shaw on First Class: The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy, and the Corporate Threat". Leonard Lopate at Large (Podcast). WBAI. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
- ^ Reviews for Money, Power, and the People:
- Glock, Judge (Winter 2021). "Money, Power, and the People: The American Struggle to Make Banking Democratic". Business History Review. 95 (4): 880–882. doi:10.1017/S0007680521000854. S2CID 245927868. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- Amberg, Stephen P. (June 2021). "Money, Power, and the People: The American Struggle to Make Banking Democratic". Journal of American History. 108 (1): 180–181. doi:10.1093/jahist/jaab116. Archived from the original on October 5, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- Decker, Jefferson (October 2020). "Money, Power, and the People: The American Struggle to Make Banking Democratic". The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 19 (4): 679–681. doi:10.1017/S1537781420000419. S2CID 225171291. Archived from the original on October 5, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- Ron, Ariel (Fall 2020). "Monetary Democracy". Dissent. 67 (4): 184–188. doi:10.1353/dss.2020.0095. S2CID 241437884. Archived from the original on October 5, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- Hyser, R. M. (March 2020). "Money, power, and the people: the American struggle to make banking democratic". Choice Reviews. 57 (7): 789. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2022 – via ProQuest.
- Wright, Robert E. (March 7, 2022). "Money, Power, and the People: The American Struggle to Make Banking Democratic by Christopher W. Shaw". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 52 (4): 624–626. doi:10.1162/jinh_r_01784. S2CID 247295432. Archived from the original on October 6, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- Bodenhorn, Howard (September 2021). "CHRISTOPHER W. SHAW. Money, Power, and the People: The American Struggle to Make Banking Democratic". The American Historical Review. 126 (3): 1288–1289. doi:10.1093/ahr/rhab453. Archived from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- Sylla, Richard (March 4, 2021). "Money, Power, and the People: The American Struggle to Make Banking Democratic By Christopher W. Shaw". Western Historical Quarterly. 52 (2): 238. doi:10.1093/whq/whab035. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
Further reading
[edit]- Seder, Sam (October 12, 2020). "10/12 The American Struggle to Make Banking Democratic w/ Christopher Shaw". The Majority Report with Sam Seder. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- Peter Maravelis (December 17, 2021). "Christopher W. Shaw in Conversation with Ralph Nader". LIVE! From City Lights (Podcast). Stitcher. Retrieved October 8, 2022.