What are the Pandora Papers, why do they matter, and what do they reveal? For today’s show, Friday host Esty Dinur digs into this explosive investigation of nearly 12 million documents that show what the world’s richest are really doing with their money. For the first half, she speaks with reporter Spencer Woodman from the […]
How “Silver Spoon Oligarchs” cheat the system to hoard the...
Of Chuck Collins’ recent book, Senator Bernie Sanders says “book reveals not only the inner workings of the elaborate scheme to hide more than $20 trillion in wealth, it offers us a blueprint for reversing this obscene inequality.” In that book, “The Wealth Hoarders: How Billionaires Spend Millions to Hide Trillions”, Chuck Collins talks about […]
The Rot of the American Ruling Class
How do we get beyond the rhetoric of “the one percent” to discuss the ruling class in twenty-first century America? Thursday host Allen Ruff digs into this and other questions about the American ruling class and “who’s controlling the show” with Doug Henwood through the lens of his latest Jacobin article, “Take Me To Your […]
Inside the World of the Wealth Hoarders
As many Americans have struggled to make ends meet during the pandemic, the wealth of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and other billionaires has gone up by $1.3 trillion. And there is an entire professional sector—including tax attorneys, estate planners, accountants, and wealth managers—dedicated to help wealthy individuals and corporations protect, preserve, and accumulate […]
Pandemic has played into the hands of the Wealthy
647 individuals in the U.S. have amassed almost a trillion dollars during the pandemic, at the same time as millions of Americans have struggled to make ends meet. Researcher for the Program on Inequality and the Common Good, Omar Ocampo, recently authored an article “Billionaire Wealth vs. Community Health” where he discusses Trump’s bailout dollars […]
The Intertwined Histories of Policing, Private Property, and Capitalis...
Abolishing the police requires abolishing capitalism, argues historian Peter Linebaugh. Today, he joins Allen on the program to discuss the origins of policing as an institution in the eighteenth century; the relationship between policing, private property, and wealth; and the intertwined histories of racial capitalism and state violence. Peter Linebaugh is a historian who has […]
