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Zusatztext "The New York Times magazine has described Richard Wolff as "probably America's most prominent Marxist economist". And that is probably not an exaggeration in the description of this emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts! Amherst and visiting professor at the New School University in New York."— Michael Roberts! author of The Long Depression Informationen zum Autor Richard D. Wolff is professor of economics emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a visiting professor at the New School University in New York. Wolff hosts the weekly hour-long radio program Economic Update, which is syndicated on public radio stations nationwide. Klappentext World-renowned economist Richard Wolf explores the roots of the Great Recession and its immense impact on working people. Vorwort Galleys Available National Print Campaign: Will send advance copies to NY Times, SF Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Mother Jones, The Nation, Washington Post, Wall St. Journal, Associated Press, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, as well as trade publications Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and Foreword Reviews Pitch features and op-eds in The Nation, The Guardian, The New York Times National TV & Radio Campaign: MSNBC, PBS Newshour, Democracy Now!, C-SPAN BookTV, The Daily Show, Real Time w/ Bill Maher, Tavis Smiley, David Sirota Progressive Talk, GRIT TV, NPR Excerpts in Truthout, In These Times, Alternet Wolff is a regular commentator on economic affairs on Democracy Now!, has a regular monthly broadcast "Economic Update" on WBAI, KPFA, and other stations nationally. Online and Social Media Campaign: Haymarket Books has 13k FB fans, 8k Twitter followers. Richard Wolff has 11k Twitter followers and 15k Facebook fans. Promotion on the author's website http://www.rdwolff.com/ Promotion and publicity in conjunction with author's regular speaking engagements Zusammenfassung World-renowned economist Richard Wolf explores the roots of the Great Recession and its immense impact on working people. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Preface .................................................................................................. i Part I: Crisis Capitalism ........................................................................ 1 Capitalist Crisis and the Return to Marx ..................................................................... 2 The Myth of ?American Exceptionalism? Implodes ................................................... 13 The Revenge of Trickle-Down Economics .................................................................. 15 The Crisis Enters Year Five ........................................................................................ 17 In Economic Crisis, Capitalism Delivers the Bads .................................................... 20 A Tale of Two Lootings .............................................................................................. 22 Capitalism and Poverty.............................................................................................. 24 Five Reasons Why the Crisis Persists ........................................................................ 26 Capitalism’s Ideological Crutches ............................................................................. 28 Online Education: Another Phony ?Revolution? ........................................................ 31 Capitalism Efficient? We can do so Much Better ...................................................... 33 From Detroit to China to Bangladesh: Capitalism’s Costs, Capitalists’ Freedom ..... 35 Economic Development in Rana Plaza ...................................................................... 37 Capitali...
