Capitalism in Crisis: Why Do Recessions Happen?
Why does the capitalist economy lurch into a recession every few years with massive unemployment and job losses? Why is the debate between the millionaires in Congress only about whether working families should get $600 or $2,000 in a one-time payment when the banks and corporations already received trillions in subsidies and loan guarantees? Brian speaks with Richard Wolff, the co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work and the author of many books, the latest being “The System is the Sickness: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself.”
30 Dec 202036min
In the News: 2020 - The System Was the Problem
Covid-19 failures, 60 million lose their jobs, growing hunger in the richest country in the world, 40 million facing imminent evictions and rampant police violence against Black and Brown people -- 2020 revealed the crises and failures of US capitalism.
29 Dec 202046min
Capitalism in Crisis: An Even More Shocking Failure
Professor Richard Wolff dissects the new "stimulus package" and exposes the mind-blowing cruelty and greed of the capitalist class and the political agents in Congress.
23 Dec 202039min
In the News: The War Against the Poor
Congress decides to throw tens of millions of working people under the bus with the new so-called stimulus package. Will Joe Biden bring the United States back into the Iran nuclear arms deal? FBI and federal police shoot and kill in DC without any account.
23 Dec 202039min
The Real Story: Why U.S. Capitalism is Addicted to War
Militarism is everywhere you look in U.S. society. No country on earth spends sums anywhere near as vast as the U.S. government. We are fed propaganda from childhood glamorizing war and the armed forces, and the endless bombing and occupation of multiple countries around the world is normalized and forgotten. Brian is joined by Lee Camp -- a writer, comedian, activist, journalist, and host of the television show "Redacted Tonight," which you can see on RT America. His latest book is called "Bullet Points & Punch Lines: The Most Important Commentary Ever Written on the Epic American Tragicomedy."
18 Dec 202036min
Capitalism in Crisis: What the Hell is a K-Shaped Recovery?? The Fraud of Capitalist Economics
On this week's episode of The Socialist Program's regular segment "Capitalism in Crisis" with Prof. Richard Wolff, we discuss the economy's "K-Shaped" recovery -- in which one section of society bounces back from the pandemic but the majority of people see their living standards and prospects for the future continue to decline. Richard Wolff is the co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work and the author of many books, the latest being "The System is the Sickness: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself." You can check out his work at rdwolff.com.
16 Dec 202033min
In the News: Police Stand Aside as "Proud Boys" Lynch Mob Rampages Through D.C.
On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell, Esther Iverem, and Walter Smolarek discuss the huge and rapidly rising rates of hunger in the United States, the "Proud Boys'" racist rampage through D.C. while the cops looked the other way, Congress's swift action on massive military spending compared with its inability to provide pandemic relief, and more.
15 Dec 202037min
The Real Story: Why Not Have Peace with North Korea?
The Korean War began 70 years ago and has still not ended even though North and South Korea want it to end. The key obstacle is not in Pyongyang or Seoul but in Washington DC. Brian takes an in-depth look at US-Korean relations as the Biden Administration prepares to take the helm. Hyun Lee and Gregory Elich are the featured expert guests in this fascinating analysis.
10 Dec 202053min
