Journalist Ryan Cooper talks about the new paper he wrote with Matt Bruenig, founder of the People's Policy Project, a new left-wing think tank. "Foreclosed: Destruction of Black Wealth During the Obama Presidency" details how the Wall Street-induced foreclosure epidemic wiped out huge swaths of black wealth — and how Obama could have taken multiple actions to save most homes but did not. Check out the report (http://peoplespolicyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Foreclosed.pdf) and this ( jacobinmag.com/2017/12/obama-foreclosure-crisis-wealth-inequality)article about it. Thanks to our supporters at Verso Books. Check out Radical Happiness: Moments of Collective Joy (versobooks.com/books/2576-radical-happiness) by Lynne Segal. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig.