[email protected] Contributor:
Richard Wolff
May 23, 2022
[email protected] Contributor:
Richard Wolff
May 23, 2022
[S12 E20] New
In this week's show, Prof. Wolff talks about the GOP's stance on student debt forgiveness, US corporations replacing home ownership with rentals, today's US economy not "strong," and left unity, as 4 French left parties work to defeat Macron. In the second half, Wolff interviews Prof. Marcello Musto on the history of the left and Marxism, and how they deal with war in the past and in Ukraine.
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About our guest: Marcello Musto is a Professor of Sociological Theory at York University, in Toronto, and is known globally for his studies on Karl Marx and Marxisms. His publications include four single-authored books, eleven edited volumes, and 50 journal articles and book chapters (Google Scholar). His work has been translated worldwide in twenty-five languages and his writings have appeared in dozens of refereed publications from many disciplines.
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- Student loan forgiveness: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/student-loan-forgiveness-mcconnell-biden-175654682.html
- US corporations replacing home ownership with rentals: https://www.insidernj.com/whats-likely-to-go-missing-in-newarks-2022-election-voters/
- Today's US economy: https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-thought-bubble-4d38a9f0-d8e4-4703-8b1b-f7a7c60ab10a.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0
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