Noted Marxist economist Richard Wolff returns to Shared Sacrifice for another great conversation about the current economic crisis. Dr. Wolff teaches in the Economics Department of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he has been full professor since 1981. His new documentary, “Capitalism Hits the Fan,” can be viewed at http://vimeo.com/1962208 Call-in number for...
Progressive politics and culture with Matt J. Stannard and J. David Nichols. Veteran activist Kevin Zeese joins us to discuss health care protests. Call-in number is (347) 327-9615. Listen Now: Happy Halloween from Shared Sacrifice Weekend! Oct 31, 2009
Leonard Clark is our guest this Saturday. Mr. Clark is an independent progressive running against John McCain in the Arizona Senate race. As an Arizona Army National Guardsman stationed in Iraq, Mr. Clark was demoted for using a blog to share his anti-war opinions with the world. Now, Mr. Clark is campaigning for universal...
Joan Burke is our guest today. Ms. Burk is the Director of Advocacy for Loaves & Fishes, a homeless shelter in Sacramento, California. Loaves & Fishes is a private charity, which neither solicits or accepts government money and relies only on private donations to support its work of feeding the hungry and sheltering the...
Jeffrey A. Miron is Senior Lecturer on Economics at Harvard University. Dr. Miron received a B.A., magna cum laude, from Swarthmore College in 1979 and a Ph.D. in economics from M.I.T. in 1984. He has served on the faculties of the University of Michigan (associate professor with tenure), Boston University (professor with tenure) and...
Dr. Richard Wolff is our guest today. He will join us to talk about the collapse of capitalism and his most recent work “Capitalism Hits the Fan”. Dr. Wolff is an American economist, well-known for his work on Marxian economics, economic methodology and class analysis. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Yale University...
We’re proud to welcome Bill Talen, AKA Reverend Billy. Reverend Billy and his gospel choir have gained international noteriety preaching economic justice and criticizing the corporate colonization of life. Billy is the host of the televisionprogram “The First Church of the Last Televangelist” and the author of What Would Jesus Buy? Fabulous Prayers in...
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