Today’s economic crisis is capitalism’s worst since the Great
Depression. Millions have lost their jobs, homes and healthcare while
those who work watch their pensions, benefits and job security
decline. As more and more are impacted by the crisis, the system
continues to make the very wealthy even richer. In eye-opening
interviews with prominent economist Richard Wolff, David Barsamian
probes the root causes of the current economic crisis, its unjust
social consequences, and what can and should be done to turn things
around. While others blame corrupt bankers and unregulated
speculators, the government, or even the poor who borrowed, the
authors show that the causes of the crisis run much deeper. 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%.
Since then, economic injustice has become chronic and further
corrupted politics. The Occupy movement, by articulating deep
indignation with the whole system, mobilizes huge numbers who seek
basic change. _Occupying the Economy_ not only clarifies and analyzes
the crisis in U.S. capitalism today, it also points toward solutions
that can shape a far better future for all.
RICHARD D. WOLFF is professor emeritus of Economics at the University
of Massachusetts, Amherst, and visiting professor at the New School
University. Author of _Capitalism Hits the Fan_, he’s been a guest
on NPR, _Glenn Beck Show_ and _Democracy Now!_
DAVID BARSAMIAN is founder and director of Alternative Radio and
author of _Targeting Iran_. He is best known for his interview books
with Noam Chomsky, including _Targeting Iran_.
“With unerring coherence and unequaled breadth of knowledge, Rick
Wolff offers a rich and much needed corrective to the views of
mainstream economists and pundits.”—Stanley Aronowitz
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9780872865686
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2017
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City Lights Publishers
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Engelsk
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