Letters and Politics

Inflation and the Economy with Richard Wolff. Then, Haiti’s Disaster Capitalism

Part I. Inflation and the Economy

Guest: Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Visiting Professor at The New School University in New York.  Richard Wolff is the founder of Democracy at Work and host of the weekly national television and radio program Economic Update  that airs on KPFA. 

 

Part II. Haiti’s Disaster Capitalism

Guest: Jake Johnston is a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C., and the author of Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti.

 

Photo by Engin Akyurt on Unsplash

Playlist

Artist Song Album Label
Average White BandStop the RainStop the RainWMG - Atlantic Records
Herbie HancockFat Mama (Remastered Version)Fat Mama (Remastered Version)WMG - Warner Jazz