country's most powerful oligarchy really come out of all with our democracy lost brian darling and sam sachs and its politics and. a former top government watchdog thinks the donald trump is turning our democracy into something that looks less like a democracy and more like a kleptocracy in a new interview with the guardian walter shaab who resigned earlier this month as the head of the office of government ethics so the trump. business ties are created a cloud of suspicion surrounding his entire administration we can't know whether his decisions are motivated by his policy aims or his financial interests shaab says and that uncertainty alone undermines the faith in governmental decision making and puts a cloud over everything the government does end of quote so is this crony capitalism or something even worse that's richard wolffe a visiting press professor at the new school co-founder of democracy at work and author of numerous books including capitalism is crisis deepens essays on the global economic meltdown professor richard wolfe welcome back. thank you tom glad to be here great having

beginning of a major crackdown on domestic dissent by the trump administration i asked brian pruitt and sam sachs internet politics. white supremacy reared its ugly head last weekend in charlottesville virginia and one brave american ended up dead thankfully we are not living in nazi germany not yet at least but the threat the white supremacy and fascism pose to our democracy is real especially as reaganomics continues to tear apart what remains of our middle class for more on this i'm joined now by richard wolfe a visiting professor at the new school co-founder of democracy at work and the author of numerous and brilliant books including capitalism is crisis deepens essays on the global economic meltdown richard wolffe welcome back. thank you tom it's great having you with us first things first from an economist's point of view how do you understand white supremacy and fascism how do they develop and how their reaction to specific economic conditions. yes i believe they are i believe if you go back to the nazi experience in germany the fascists in spain and italy that you will see a very strong