Economic Update: When Economic Systems Fail
[S11 E13] When Economic Systems Fail
On this week's episode, Prof. Wolff talks about the structural failure of Biden's American Rescue Plan, Nigerian mass workers' movement, private electricity for the US rich, big vs small business struggles, and why opposition to lockdowns only prolongs Covid. On the second half of the program, Wolff interviews author Rob Urie on criticizing capitalism.
Read the full transcript: https://www.democracyatwork.info/eu_when_economic_systems_fail
Video's Slovak captions by d@w volunteer Pavel P.
About our guest: Rob Urie has a graduate degree in economics from the University of North Carolina and he spent two decades doing statistical research in economics professionally. He left this in 2011 to write Zen Economics, and he now writes regularly on politics and economics from a Marxist perspective. He lives in New York state with his wife and too many cats to state publicly.
**Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a @Democracy At Work production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Please consider supporting our work. Donate one time or become a monthly donor by visiting us at democracyatwork.info/donate or become a patron of Economic Update on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/economicupdate. Your contributions help keep this content free and accessible to all. Now more than ever, sharing Prof. Wolff's message is critical.
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Learn more about Prof Wolff's new book, "The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself" released in September 2020. Available as a paperback now! www.democracyatwork.info/books
"Richard Wolff in his new book examines frightening and anti-democratic configurations of corporate power, offering not only a blueprint for how we got here, but a plan for how we will rescue ourselves and create new models of economic and political justice.” - Chris Hedges
Check out Prof. Wolff's other books "Understanding Socialism" and "Understanding Marxism" http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/democracyatwork
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SOURCES FOR SHOW SEGMENTS:
Nigerian Mass Worker's Movement: BBC.org
Private electricity for the rich: Nbcnews.com
Big vs. Small business struggles: Cnn.com
Opposition to lockdowns: reuters.com
Видео Economic Update: When Economic Systems Fail канала Democracy At Work
On this week's episode, Prof. Wolff talks about the structural failure of Biden's American Rescue Plan, Nigerian mass workers' movement, private electricity for the US rich, big vs small business struggles, and why opposition to lockdowns only prolongs Covid. On the second half of the program, Wolff interviews author Rob Urie on criticizing capitalism.
Read the full transcript: https://www.democracyatwork.info/eu_when_economic_systems_fail
Video's Slovak captions by d@w volunteer Pavel P.
About our guest: Rob Urie has a graduate degree in economics from the University of North Carolina and he spent two decades doing statistical research in economics professionally. He left this in 2011 to write Zen Economics, and he now writes regularly on politics and economics from a Marxist perspective. He lives in New York state with his wife and too many cats to state publicly.
**Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a @Democracy At Work production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Please consider supporting our work. Donate one time or become a monthly donor by visiting us at democracyatwork.info/donate or become a patron of Economic Update on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/economicupdate. Your contributions help keep this content free and accessible to all. Now more than ever, sharing Prof. Wolff's message is critical.
________________________________________________________________________________________
Learn more about Prof Wolff's new book, "The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself" released in September 2020. Available as a paperback now! www.democracyatwork.info/books
"Richard Wolff in his new book examines frightening and anti-democratic configurations of corporate power, offering not only a blueprint for how we got here, but a plan for how we will rescue ourselves and create new models of economic and political justice.” - Chris Hedges
Check out Prof. Wolff's other books "Understanding Socialism" and "Understanding Marxism" http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/democracyatwork
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Follow us ONLINE:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/economicupdate
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http://www.rdwolff.com
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Subscribe to our podcast: http://economicupdate.libsyn.com
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SOURCES FOR SHOW SEGMENTS:
Nigerian Mass Worker's Movement: BBC.org
Private electricity for the rich: Nbcnews.com
Big vs. Small business struggles: Cnn.com
Opposition to lockdowns: reuters.com
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