"We are becoming what the Third World was. ... Americans...can't quite get it."

[marmar]

Richard Wolff: Global Capitalism: April 2015 Monthly Update

“Basic Economic Changes Today: Within and Beyond Capitalism” Judson Memorial Church Assembly Hall 239 Thompson Street at
Washington Square, Manhattan

Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work, Left Forum, and Judson Memorial Church

These programs begin with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month. Then Wolff analyzes several major economic issues. For this April 8, these will include:

1. Basic Economic Changes: From Anti-austerity to Anti-capitalism
2. Social Polarization: From “we are all middle class” to “1% versus 99%”
3. Changing “higher education” into “job training” – why, how and for whose gain?

[daleanime]

1. K&R.....

[deutsey]

2. Kicked to watch later n/t

[zeemike]

3. A very interesting talk.

K&R.

[Buns_of_Fire]

4. No cookies for you! (But you can get cheap underwear!)

Thank you for the most interesting two hours I've spent online in a long time.

Since part of that talk dealt with "what after capitalism?", I'm going to insert my biennial plug for Mondragon: http://www.mondragon-corporation.com/eng/

[Elwood P Dowd]

5. K&R

[polichick]

6. Hope Americans do get it before it's too late - seems pretty late already!

[madfloridian]

7. Still watching video. But I get it already. Level the playing field..

So we have to give up our position as a world leader, a nation of higher standards of living....to become like the 3rd world countries...to level the playing field...to take away our power to fight back. Will finish the video, and I may find I am wrong.

But they have to bring down to make the other poorer countries richer. Is that too outspoken? Too blunt?

My question is how did they get our Dem presidents on board? Unless the corporations are already the boss.