U.S. Capitalism At The Crossroads

U.S. Capitalism At The Crossroads

Jan. 29, 2024

Democracy At Work - Professor Richard D. Wolff

This week's Economic Update Professor Richard Wolff discusses the special dimensions and qualities of the US labor movement's current dynamism.

Thomas Piketty's analysis showing how capitalism generates widening wealth and income gaps leading to crashes or simmering, divisive, and domestic resentments.

Leading to the system itself becomes destabilized.

Original: https://youtu.be/SAByukA-nIA

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