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As the ‘great recession’ continues, Economist Richard Wolff says failed ‘trickle down economics’ theories are being recycled under a different name. Now state and local governments are enacting even more cuts to the people who can afford them the least. On this edition, Making Contact’s Lisa Rudman conducts an exclusive interview with economist and educator, Richard Wolff. He explains how we got into this economic mess, who’s to blame, and how, if we get organized, the flow of resources might be reversed.
Featuring: Richard Wolff, University of Massachusetts at Amherst professor; Jerry Brown, Governor of California.
Producer/Host: Andrew Stelzer
Producer: Kyung Jin Lee
Executive Director/Contributing Producer: Lisa Rudman
Associate Director: Khanh Pham
Production Intern: Shaunnah Ray
Web Intern: Irene Flores
Organizational Volunteers: Judy Huang, Dan Turner, Ron Rucker, Alfonso Hooker & Alton Byrd
For More Information:
Professor Richard Wolff
http://rdwolff.com
United for a Fair Economy
http://www.faireconomy.org/
Union of Radical Political Economics
http://www.urpe.org/
Economists for Peace and Security
http://www.epsusa.org/
Socialism and Democracy
http://sdonline.org/
Monthly Review
http://www.monthlyreview.org/
Center for Popular Economics
http://www.populareconomics.org/
Dollars and Sense magazine
http://www.dollarsandsense.org/
KPFA radio
www.KPFA.org
Berkeley Hillside Club
http://www.hillsideclub.org/
Confessions of a Radical Prof
http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/85/confessions-radical-economics-prof.html
The post Making Contact – Broken, Not Broke: The Economy According to Richard Wolff appeared first on KPFA.
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As the ‘great recession’ continues, Economist Richard Wolff says failed ‘trickle down economics’ theories are being recycled under a different name. Now state and local governments are enacting even more cuts to the people who can afford them the least. On this edition, Making Contact’s Lisa Rudman conducts an exclusive interview with economist and educator, Richard Wolff. He explains how we got into this economic mess, who’s to blame, and how, if we get organized, the flow of resources might be reversed.
Featuring: Richard Wolff, University of Massachusetts at Amherst professor; Jerry Brown, Governor of California.
Producer/Host: Andrew Stelzer
Producer: Kyung Jin Lee
Executive Director/Contributing Producer: Lisa Rudman
Associate Director: Khanh Pham
Production Intern: Shaunnah Ray
Web Intern: Irene Flores
Organizational Volunteers: Judy Huang, Dan Turner, Ron Rucker, Alfonso Hooker & Alton Byrd
For More Information:
Professor Richard Wolff
http://rdwolff.com
United for a Fair Economy
http://www.faireconomy.org/
Union of Radical Political Economics
http://www.urpe.org/
Economists for Peace and Security
http://www.epsusa.org/
Socialism and Democracy
http://sdonline.org/
Monthly Review
http://www.monthlyreview.org/
Center for Popular Economics
http://www.populareconomics.org/
Dollars and Sense magazine
http://www.dollarsandsense.org/
KPFA radio
www.KPFA.org
Berkeley Hillside Club
http://www.hillsideclub.org/
Confessions of a Radical Prof
http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/85/confessions-radical-economics-prof.html
The post Making Contact – Broken, Not Broke: The Economy According to Richard Wolff appeared first on KPFA.

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