How Capitalism Shapes Our Food
In this episode, Prof. Wolff presents updates on the economic aspects of the Covid pandemic: lockdowns vs vaccines, scientific debate vs corporate advertising, long-term vs short term costs, the billionaires made by profiting from vaccines, and false claims of vaccine profiteers. In the second half of the show, Prof. Wolff is joined by former NY Times food-critic Mark Bittman to discuss his new book "Animal, Vegetable, Junk."
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صف پخش
- در حال پخش: How Capitalism Shapes Our Food
- بعدی: A Critique of Profit
- بعدی: U.S. Housing Crisis Deepens
- بعدی: Markets: Institutions Deeply In Need of Criticism
- بعدی: U.S. Capitalism as a Crisis for Men
- بعدی: Marx's Key Insight: Capitalism's Surplus
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