Rethinking Development: Towards a Post Hegemonic World
Young Scholars Initiative – This panel discussion was part of the fourth annual UNCTAD YSI Summer School.
Economy & Work
Confronting Financialization on Steroids – Costas Lapavitsas on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 8/8)
This interview was originally published on June 1, 2014. Mr. Lapavitsas says we must deeply reverse financialization and take on private ownership of banking and other critical sectors.
Why Autoworkers Care About Climate Change – Frank Hammer on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 4/4)
This interview was originally published on October 11, 2013. In the final segment of this Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, Frank Hammer says all workers should face up to the dangers of climate change and insist that we move toward a green economy.
Why I Became a Working Class Organizer – Frank Hammer on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 1/4)
This interview was originally published on October 7, 2013. On Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, retired UAW Local President Frank Hammer tells the story of his radicalization in the movement against the Vietnam War and turning his back on a professional career to take up working class activism.
How We Broke the Bank of England – Robert Johnson on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 4/8)
This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on June 12, 2014. Mr. Johnson says, “I used to tell my dad, if I’m fortunate enough to see St. Peter and get through the gate, I’m not going to get in because I helped knock off the British pound”.
Economy & Work | Finance | USA
Bill Black pt 7/9 -The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One
Bill picks up the history of financial fraud with the Obama administration. Finance has targeted Black and Latinx families with sub-prime and liars loans and the crash wipes out 60-70% of their accumulated household wealth. What does Obama do? Bill joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news
To Get Us Out of Poverty, We Need a Massive Infrastructure Plan – Ann Morrison / Wisconsin
In a report from rural Wisconsin, Ann Morrison says she and her neighbours are suffering from decades of neglect as the local economy has been wrecked by neoliberal polices from both major parties. She calls for an FDR style New Deal and to stop blaming the poor for poverty.
Economy & Work | Finance | USA
Bill Black pt 6/9 – The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One
Bill continues his history of modern financial fraud in America. He says the dark side of “financial discipline”, is the Merrill Lynch’s and Goldman Sachs of the world don’t provide discipline. They provide cash. They fund the expansion knowing it’s crap because they know as long as it’s going up, they personally, not Goldman, they personally will make a ton of money. Bill Black on theAnalysis.news with Paul Jay.
How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions – Chuck Collins
Chuck Collins, a member of Patriotic Millionaires, has unraveled how the super-rich use the wealth defense industry to gain power in its efforts to hoard and hide their clients’ assets. As a result, it becomes a parasitical appendage on the real productive economy, extracting rents and fees from the wealthy and enterprising sectors of the economy. Mr. Collins joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news
Economy & Work | Finance | USA
Bill Black pt 8/9 — The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One
The Dodd-Frank legislation and stress test, do nothing to stop systemic-risky financial institutions from blowing up the economy again. Bill Black joins theAnalysis.news with Paul Jay.
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