Richard Wolff: U.S. Economic Education Gives the Illusion That ‘Everything Is All Right’ (Video)
The renowned Marxian economist condemns American education for purposely keeping people in the dark about how the economic system works and how it threatens them.In a clip from an interview with the nonprofit acTVism, the renowned Marxian economist condemns American economic education for purposely keeping people in the dark about how the economic system works and how it threatens them.
To watch other clips from this acTVism interview, click here, here, here and here.
— Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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