Live From City Lights
2 CDs
David Barsamian and Richard Wolff present their book Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism at the historic City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco. The book hit a nerve and is now in its 3rd printing. Prominent economist Richard Wolff and AR Director David Barsamian probe the root causes of the current economic crisis, its unjust social consequences and what can and should be done to turn things around. They reach back to the 1970s when the capitalist system itself shifted, ending the century-old pattern of rising wages for U.S. workers and thereby enabling the top 1% to become ultra-rich at the expense of the 99%. In this recording Wolff provides his latest views on the systemic economic problems in the United States in light of events in Greece, Spain and the Eurozone crisis. Lively interaction with audience questions.
Recorded at City Lights Bookstore.
Speakers
Richard Wolff
Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and currently a visiting professor at the New School in New York. The New York Times calls him “America’s most prominent Marxist economist.” He is the author of numerous books including Democracy at Work, Capitalism’s Crisis Deepens and Occupy the Economy with David Barsamian.
David Barsamian
One of America’s most tireless and wide-ranging investigative journalists, David Barsamian has altered the independent media landscape, both with his weekly radio program, Alternative Radio—airing since 1986— and his books with Noam Chomsky, Eqbal Ahmad, Howard Zinn, Tariq Ali, Richard Wolff, Arundhati Roy and Edward Said. His recent books are Culture and Resistance, Retargeting Iran, Chronicles of Dissent and Notes on Resistance. His latest book is with Arundhati Roy, The Architecture of Modern Empire. David lectures on world affairs, imperialism, capitalism, propaganda, the media and global rebellions.
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