On the latest episode of Coffee with Comrades, Bree and Pearson explore late-stage capitalism’s neoliberal paradigms.
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- Liberate Stonybrook
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- J20 defendants fight back
- Anti-Antifascist Bill
- Alerta, alerta! Antifascista! Shut it down in DC
- Over a hundred thousand protesters in the UK mock Trump
So, what is neoliberalism? After providing a brief history of economics, Bree and Pearson unpack their definition:
neoliberalism (n): a twentieth century update of classic economics generally characterized by deregulation, open markets, privatization, globalization, financialization, and fiscal austerity.
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Music:
- Intro: Woody Guthrie, “I Ain’t Got No Home in this World”
- Outro: Killer Mike, “Reagan”
