This week, Matt & Jesse discuss the second point on "The Poison Pyramid" -- namely the horror-show of Capitalism, and why it's an awful idea that we should refuse to carry with us into our much-deserved future.
Mentioned In This Episode:
David Graeber's Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit
David Graeber's On Bureaucratic Technologies & the Future as Dream-Time
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster - a Nonfiction Book by Rebecca Solnit Rebecca Solnit's Essay: When Media Is the Disaster: Covering HaitiBen Ehrenreich's Essay: Why Did U.S. Aid Focus on Securing Haiti Rather Than Helping Haitians?
One Nation Under God - A Nonfiction Book by Kevin M. Kruse How 'One Nation' Didn't Become 'Under God' Until The '50s Religious Revival - an Interview with Kevin M. Kruse for NPR's Fresh Air
The Corporation
Barbara Ehrenreich's Comments About Why Marx Would Be Shocked Over Capitalism's Ability to Create Scarcity Rather Than Its Promised Post-Scarcity
OXFAM: An economy for the 99 percent
The world's eight wealthiest people
Mark Zuckerberg is Giving Away His Money, but With a Twist by
Fortune Magazine's Mathew Ingram
YouTube Playlist: Capitalism
David Suzuki's YouTube Video on Capitalism's Savage Externalities
Anohni's Song - "4 Degrees" From Her Gorgeous & Ferocious Album Hopelessness
James Lovelock, the Prophet - Eminent scientist says global warming is irreversible - and over 6 billion people will perish at the end of the century
Parecon: Life After Capitalism by Michael Albert
