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Is Capitalism Actually Reducing Poverty? (with Richard Wolff)

https://youtu.be/Co4FES0ehyI

Poverty is a feature of capitalism, not a bug.

#capitalism #poverty #gravelinstitute #richardwolff

Richard Wolff: How You Are Being Exploited

https://youtu.be/2mI_RMQEulw

#capitalism #profit #labourexploitation #gravelinstitute #richardwolff

Steven Pinker and the Failure of New Optimism ft. We're in Hell

https://youtu.be/fo2gwS4VpHc

#economics #UnlearningEconomics #stevenpinker #enlightenment #poverty #inequality

Watch "Does Capitalism Mean Freedom? (with Zephyr Teachout)" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/pMALdj8u_do

#uspol #capitalism #gravelinstitute #economicdemocracy #monopoly #freedom

David Cross: Why America Sucks at Everything

America: the greatest, richest, freest country in the world – or is it? David Cross, of Mr. Show, Arrested Development, and The Dark Divide, joins us to discuss why Americans, despite living in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, have a much worse standard of living than people who live in poorer countries. The "American Dream" isn't just dying: it's dead and buried. Cross tells us why.

https://youtu.be/aNghg1Y-WIc

#uspol

How Socialists Solved The Housing Crisis

American housing is in crisis. With more luxury housing being built every day while huge numbers of people are stuck with substandard homes or none at all, the U.S. model for housing has proven to be a catastrophe. Zohran Mamdani, New York State assemblyman, talks about how Austrian socialists in the 1920s and ‘30s pioneered an approach that offered better, cheaper, and safer homes for everyone.

https://youtu.be/LVuCZMLeWko

#housing #socialism #austria

@11112011 I didn't choose the hell threads they chose me. 😎