This system IS NOT working - Global Capitalism with Richard Wolff

Prof Wolff explains the failures of capitalism in the United States to provide the most basic needs for its people during the pandemic. Are we supposed to accept that this country cannot protect public health, provide food, decent work or housing to its people? "What could be more urgent? What is more profoundly required of any economic system, capitalist or any other, than to take care of that public health? If you don't guarantee people that they're going to be healthy and alive, you're proving that you're not an adequate economic system." - Richard Wolff This is a clip from the January 2022 Global Capitalism Lecture: Political Economy of Covid: Year #3 You can watch the full lecture here:    • Global Capitalism: Political Economy of Co...   Or listen to it as a podcast on your favorite podcast player! ______________________________________________________________________________________ We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Please consider supporting our work. Become a GCLEU patron on Patreon:   / gcleu   Become a monthly donor via our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate _______________________________________________________________________________________ Learn more about d@w's NEW BOOK by award-winning print and broadcast journalist Robert "Bob" Hennelly. Stuck Nation: Can the United States Change Course on Our History of Choosing Profits Over People? www.democracyatwork.info/books “Hennelly brilliantly analyzes our capitalist crises and how individuals cope with them, tragically but often heroically. He helps us draw inspiration and realistic hope from how courageous Americans are facing and fixing a stuck nation.” Richard D. Wolff