across the globalization of middle classes i'm joined by richard wolffe in new york he's a visiting professor at the new school and in washington we cross to mark levine he's a senior fellow with the truman national security project in a radio host all right gentlemen that means you can jump in anytime you want richard if i can go to you first let's look at middle classes in the traditional rich countries and the emerging markets similarities differences. well the problem for the middle classes in the rich countries of north america europe and japan is that they've been on a thirty year slide and there is no end in sight to that process it's mostly having to do with the shift of capitalism from the high profit centers in those parts of the world to the so-called emerging parts of the world now where wages are cheaper and cost of production or less and so the profits are higher the problem is that in the transition of the last thirty years of capitalism from the old to the new are not enormous amount of hype was accompanying that process in other words the new

. >>> joining me now is richard wolffe, and former ambassador, middle east policy adviser to president clinton. ambassador ginsburg, how can the united states find its way through the crisis period? >> actually, the only way is with other allies. because the united states standing with the dominant force in egypt, the military heads up the -- for all intents and purposes, the government who ordered this crackdown has publicly ridiculed the united states government. as dismissed the emissaries were sent packing by the egyptian government and in effect, told not to return. so the standing of the united states right now on a bilateral basis is about as low as it can get. >> let's listen to what john mccain and lindsey graham said about this a couple of weeks ago. >> oh, my god. i didn't know it was this bad. these folks are just days or weeks away from all-out bloodshed. >> do you think egypt might fail? >> i think it might. i wouldn't be here if i didn't think that it might. and i think the events in the next few weeks will determine that. >> i'll go a step further, i think it is going t

. >> joining me now, msnbc's crystal ball, ari melber, and richard wolffe. crystal, my script about ted cruz's canadian citizenship, about 45 minutes ago, had this little thing in it about when the staff says "to our knowledge" the clock is ticking on when that statement has to be amended. and bingo, we now have it. ted cruz admitting he's got a canadian citizenship issue that he's got to get resolved. >> lawrence, proven right once again. i have to say, though, they've got some pretty good health benefits up there in canada. he might want to hold on to those. in case he and his tea party brethren actually succeed at blowing up obama care. it certainly lays to rest any speculation that maybe he's not considering running for president. he certainly wanted to clear that up very quickly. and of course it is incredibly, incredibly delicious that the tea party savior has a birth certificate citizenship cloud over his presidential ambitions. >> and i think, ari melber, we're now on the verge of discovering just how rabid on the citizenship question the tea party t

you wish they would just stop and listen to richard wolff. an attentive and systematic observer of capitalism and democracy, he taught economics for 25 years at the university of massachusetts and has published books and dvds such as "democracy at work," "occupy the economy," and "capitalism hits the fan: the global economic meltdown and what to do about it." he's now visiting professor at the new school university here in new york city where he's teaching a special course on the financial crash. welcome, richard wolff. >> thank you, bill. >> last night, i watched for the second time the popular lecture that is on this dvd, "capitalism hits the fan." tell us why you say capitalism has hit the fan. >> well, the classic defense of capitalism as a system from much of its history has been, okay, it has this or that flaw. but it quote, unquote, "delivers the goods.'" >> yeah, for most everybody. >> right. >> that was the argument. >> and so, you may not get the most, but it'll trickle down to you, all the different ways. >> the yachts will rise. >

for coming on breaking down the failed policy of reaganomics and what it's done to this country richard wolffe economist at. i forget where you're at what's called the right universe here as it is it takes so much richard my pleasure. that's it today for the show you guys please come back and help us break the set all over again the model by. sitting in the middle east further ablaze with little or even no hard evidence surrounding the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria the obama administration appears determined to enter this conflict obama says the arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice but it does not bend on its own because american intervention in syria really a step towards justice. that was a new alert animation scripts scare me a little bit. there is breaking news tonight and we are continuing to follow the breaking news. alexander's family cry tears of the why it is great thing that. we had regarded or found alive is a story made for a movie is playing out in real life. little admission free cretaceous free in-store chargers free. range month free. three stooges free

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for coming on breaking down the failed policy of reaganomics and what it's done to this country richard wolffe economist at. i forget where you're at what's going right university russet a lot of the thanks so much richard my pleasure. that's it today for the show you guys please come back and help us break the set all over again tomorrow by. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. that was the new alert animation scripts scare me a little bit. there is breaking news tonight and we are continuing to follow the breaking news in. the alexander family cry tears of the white at a great thing that had read it a quarter of a wall around alive is a story made for a movie is playing out in real life. please . little mission free could you take should three rooms for chargers free the richmond free. three stooges free little. known free blog loaded videos for your media projects and

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and political analyst richard wolff.mbassador, is it conceivable that president obama would authorize action before the weapons inspectors have completed their work? >> yes, i believe that secretary kerry has already discounted the need for the weapons inspectors to have their report on the table before the united states action. when the secretary said yesterday that there is undeniable proof that the assad regime has used chemical weapons, he basically said they would do anything not the compromise the united states government. >> richard, we were told that the undeniable proof was there, they presented a version that they had. would it be incumbent on this administration to make a similar presentation, rather than just these statements? >> it is incumbent on them. and i believe they will present a classified form to congress, and a de-classified form to the american people and the world. it is easy to make the assumptions, that is the last time they engaged with the arab world. but the circumstances are so vastly diffe

have a packed show for you guys today i'll be speaking to governor howard dean and economist richard wolffe about everything from health care to drones to reg anomic stick around and let's break this that. it looks like. you've never seen anything like. today i had the chance to speak to former governor of vermont howard dean on the very few politicians who actually opposed the iraq war in two thousand and three is opposition became a defining factor for his presidential run the following year and although this may have helped him become the initial front runner he didn't ultimately receive the nomination instead he went on to chair the democratic national committee.

have a packed show for you guys today i'll be speaking to governor howard dean and economist richard wolffe about everything from health care to drones to reg anomic stick around and let's break this up. a little bit more of the good of you tell her she's going to. like. today i had the chance to speak to former governor of vermont howard dean on the very few politicians who actually opposed the iraq war in two thousand and three. came a defining factor for his presidential run the following year and although this may have helped him become the initial front runner he didn't ultimately receive the nomination instead he went on to chair the democratic national committee and all of these been on the political sidelines for the last few years his views have not been governor dean has been vocal on everything from the health care debate to the use of drones that's exactly what we talked about earlier an exclusive interview take a look. so who could forget and i'm sure you've heard this million times you're probably going to get but who can forget the signifying moment of the two thousand and fo

across not the globalization of middle classes i'm joined by richard wolffe in new york he's a visiting professor at the new school and in washington we cross to mark levine he's a senior fellow with the truman national security project in a radio host all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect it means you can jump in anytime you want richard if i go to you first let's look at middle classes in the traditional rich countries and the emerging markets similarities differences. well the problem for the middle classes in the rich countries of north america europe and japan is that they've been on a thirty year slide and there is no end in sight to that process it's mostly having to do with the shift of capitalism from the high profit centers in those parts of the world to the so-called emerging parts of the world now where wages are cheaper and cost of production are less and so the profits are higher the problem is that in the transition over the last thirty years of capitalism from the old to the new are not enormous amount of hype was accompanying that process in other words the new

for coming on breaking down the failed policy of reaganomics and what it's done to this country richard wolffe economist at. i forget where you're at what's going right university recitative thanks so much richard my pleasure. that's a today for the show you guys please come back and help us break the set all over again tomorrow by. they were ready to do anything for their country to try out it was to love the country more than yourself if you joined the military for any other reason that you're probably not going to have a good day they were tools in the hands of the state now they live remembering the past which is impossible to get rid of. the war. but it oh ever good people get hurt. and i've heard good people empty silent. but would prefer not to be sometimes i feel like. i should have died over there. because. i saw some people who retired. air is cheaper than therapy. on our. choose your language. make it with. us today still some. choose to use the consensus to. choose the opinions that you think are great to. choose the stories that impact your life choose me access to often. limbo li

for coming on breaking down the failed policy of reaganomics and what it's done to this country richard wolffe economist at. i forget where you're at what university was it about it thanks so much richard my pleasure. that's a today for the show you guys please come back and help us break the set all over again tomorrow night. more news today is once again flared up. saying these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule the day. what defines a country's success to go faceless figures of economic growth. for a factual standard of living live. live right on the scene. first trip to live and i would think the church. on a regular splints to live . to be and live on live live live live. live. stream. live. live. good lives. just see. i know me very early on. i would rather i asked questions for people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on r.t. question more. bahrain's price for more mass protests as it marks independence from the u.k. with the opposition prep

for coming on breaking down the failed policy of reaganomics and what it's done to this country richard wolffe economist at. i forget where you're at what's called a right university resident about it thanks so much richard my pleasure. that's a today for the show you guys please come back and help us spread the set all over again tomorrow. in cuba is not a failure of the cuban people it's a failure of sidel castro. when a sunset nation saw the taj back by the officials both hostility and suspicion encouraged by the government these operations against cuba were known to the attorney general of the united states to present a united states himself the defendants an intelligence arms had to infiltrate to resist. freedom fighters terrorists. who is who. the real terrorist please stand up on our cheek. put it on your arm and watch at the polish face at the same time you know. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. the media leave us so we leave the media. by the same bush and security play your part of the physical. issues that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve an

joining me now, richard wolff and nia-malika henderson. >> great to be with you. >> richard, let me start with you. are republicans living in a fantasy land? do they actually think the president will kill the signature achievement of his presidency? >> no. they don't. and they also understand very well that when this goes into full effect, it will be impossible to roll it back. there are just too many popular provisions. now, they may also think genuinely that this is going to crush the entire budget position of the united states. but they know that this kind of thing, these, what they call entitlements, what the rest of us think of as a basic human right. those things are actually popular and it is very hard to pull them back after they come in. that's exactly why they have tried so hard to stop it from going into effect. they also know that this has failed. they don't have another script. there is no other play book for trying to whip people up. what we saw with the recovery act, we saw with the stimulus, they're very happy to take the dollars but pretend like they've opposed it. so thi

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>> richard wolff, i've really enjoyed this conversation. the dvd is "capitalism hits the fan." and the book is "democracy at work: a cure for capitalism." thank you for being with me. >> thank you, bill, for the opportunity. >>> that's it for this week. i'm bill moyers. see you next time. >> announcer: funding is provided by -- carnegie corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of philanthropy, and committed to doing real and permanent good in the world. the kohlberg foundation. independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. the clements foundation. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. the bernard and audre rapoport foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a morjust, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barb

. >> richard wolff: -- the american people can and will find ways to push for the kinds of changes that can get us out of this dilemma. >> vince warren: i want to see that change. and it's going to take people here in this country to be able to make that happen. >> bill moyers: to that chorus let us now add the witness of marshall ganz. he's an american maestro of organizing who himself, has never given in to despair or given over to fear. >> marshall ganz: how can change ever happen if the powerful always win? there are conditions under which it turns out david can sometimes win. >> bill moyers: at harvard's kennedy school of government, marshall ganz teaches the next generation of organizers, students from all over the world. he tells them, "when in doubt, just remember the story in the bible of little david and his slingshot." >> marshall ganz: what did you take from the classic story of david and goliath? how does it begin? how does the whole -- when does the action begin? >> goliath is marching out and repeatedly challenging the israelites. and no one comes out to challenge him. >>