Today's economic crisis is capitalism's worst since the Great Depression. Millions have lost jobs, homes, and healthcare. Many with jobs watch pensions, benefits, and job security decline. While most live with increasing uncertainty, the system makes the very wealthy even richer. In eye-opening interviews with prominent economist Richard Wolff, David Barsamian probes the root causes of the current crisis, its unjust social costs, and what can and should be done to turn things around. While others blame corrupt bankers and unregulated speculators or the government or even the poor who borrowed, the authors show that the causes of the crisis run much deeper. They reach back to the 1970s when the capitalist system itself shifted, ending the century-old pattern of rising wages for Americans and thereby enabling the top 1% to become ultra-rich at the expense of the 99%. Since then, economic injustice has become chronic and further corrupted politics. Occupy's indignation with the whole system mobilizes a diverse range of Americans who seek basic change. __Occupying the Economy__ not only clarifies and analyzes the crisis in US capitalism today, it also points toward solutions that can shape a far better future for all.
**Richard Wolff** is professor of economics at U. Mass, and visiting professor at the New School in New York City. He hosts a program on WBAI and is author of the hit book __Capitalism Hits the Fan__.
**David Barsamian** is director of Alternative Radio and author of many interview books, including __What We Say Goes__ with Noam Chomsky.

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by Richard Wolff; interviews with David Barsamian

Wolff, Richard D., Barsamian, David

City Lights Books

Open media series, San Francisco, California, 2012

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<p>Today&rsquo;s economic crisis is capitalism&rsquo;s worst since the Great Depression. Millions have lost their jobs, homes and healthcare while those who work watch their pensions, benefits and job security decline. As more and more are impacted by the crisis, the system continues to make the very wealthy even richer. In eye-opening interviews with prominent economist Richard Wolff, David Barsamian probes the root causes of the current economic crisis, its unjust social consequences, and what can and should be done to turn things around. While others blame corrupt bankers and unregulated speculators, the government, or even the poor who borrowed, the authors show that the causes of the crisis run much deeper. They reach back to the 1970s when the capitalist system itself shifted, ending the century-old pattern of rising wages for U.S. workers and thereby enabling the top 1% to become ultra-rich at the expense of the 99%. Since then, economic injustice has become chronic and further corrupted politics. The Occupy movement, by articulating deep indignation with the whole system, mobilizes huge numbers who seek basic change. <em>Occupying the Economy</em> not only clarifies and analyzes the crisis in U.S. capitalism today, it also points toward solutions that can shape a far better future for all.</p><p><strong>Richard D. Wolff</strong> is professor emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and visiting professor at the New School University. Author of <em>Capitalism Hits the Fan</em>, he&rsquo;s been a guest on NPR, <em>Glenn Beck Show</em>&nbsp;and <em>Democracy Now!</em></p><p><strong>David Barsamian</strong> is founder and director of Alternative Radio and author of <em>Targeting Iran</em>. He is best known for his interview books with Noam Chomsky, including <em>Targeting Iran</em>.</p><p>&ldquo;With unerring coherence and unequaled breadth of knowledge, Rick Wolff offers a rich and much needed corrective to the views of mainstream economists and pundits.&rdquo;&mdash;Stanley Aronowitz</p>

Today’s economic crisis is capitalism’s worst since the Great Depression. Millions have lost their jobs, homes and healthcare while those who work watch their pensions, benefits, and job security decline. As more and more are impacted by the crisis, the system continues to make the very wealthy even richer. In eye-opening interviews with prominent economist Richard Wolff, David Barsamian probes the root causes of the current economic crisis, its unjust social consequences, and what can and should be done to turn things around. &nbsp;While others blame corrupt bankers and unregulated speculators, the government, or even the poor who borrowed, the authors show that the causes of the crisis run much deeper. They reach back to the 1970s when the capitalist system itself shifted, ending the century-old pattern of rising wages for U.S. workers and thereby enabling the top 1% to become ultra-rich at the expense of the 99%. Since then, economic injustice has become chronic and further corrupted politics. The Occupy movement, by articulating deep indignation with the whole system, mobilizes huge numbers who seek basic change. Occupying the Economy not only clarifies and analyzes the crisis in U.S. capitalism today, it also points toward solutions that can shape a far better future for all.
<p><b>Richard D. Wolff</b> is professor emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and visiting professor at the New School University. Author of <i>Capitalism Hits the Fan</i>, he’s been a guest on NPR, <i>Glenn Beck Show,</i> and <i>Democracy Now!</i></p>
<p><b>David Barsamian</b> is founder and director of Alternative Radio and author of <i>Targeting Iran</i>. He is best known for his interview books with Noam Chomsky, including <i>Targeting Iran</i>.</p>
<p>“With unerring coherence and unequaled breadth of knowledge, Rick Wolff offers a rich and much needed corrective to the views of mainstream economists and pundits.”<br>
—Stanley Aronowitz<br>
</p>

Interviews with prominent economist Richard Wolff examine the causes of the current economic crisis, the failure of the capitalist system to deliver public good and how widespread mobilizations like the Occupy movement are a necessary step toward turning things around. With elections looming and civil unrest likely to flare, Wolff offers clarity into the complex issues impacting most Americans today.

A hot-button primer on the taboo subject impacting most Americans today: the failure of the capitalism to deliver public good

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