This week’s guest is the academic philosopher, and political theorist, Charles W. Mills. 

Mills is a professor at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and the author of multiple books – most famously The Racial Contract published in 1997. 

This conversation, between Charles Mills, and ourEconomy’s Europe Editor, Laura Basu, delves into the concepts of racism and capitalism – dissecting the historical role of the nation state, and asking whether any form of capitalist system requires racial differentiation and thus racial discrimination.

For the other interviews in our series on capitalism and racism, including conversations with Vijay Prashad and Gargi Bhattacharyya, head over to opendemocracy.net/oureconomy