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Global Capitalism A Monthly Update & Discussion - November 2011 - Rick Wolff with Costas Panayotakis & Yanis Varoufakis PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 8, 2011 These Tuesday evenings will each begin with an update and analysis of major economic events of the last month and their contexts of longer-term economic trends shaping politics and society here and abroad. We will focus on the evolving global capitalist economic crisis and its consequences. We will examine topics such as: the social costs effects of the historic long-term US unemployment, national debt crises and "austerity programs" in Greece, Ireland, Spain, and beyond changes in today's Chinese economy and their global effects, tax reform and the entire tax issue in the US today, continuing crisis in the US housing and credit markets the economics of immigration Actual economic developments will shape the agenda for each monthly Tuesday meeting. Rick Wolff, with occasional guests, will present an economic update and an analysis of some particular economic topics and then open the floor to questions, comments and a general discussion of where the US and world economies are going and the political implications. We aim to develop participants' understanding of and ability to explain to others the key economic developments of our time. Original Video: http://rdwolff.com/content/global-capitalism-monthly-update-discussion-nov-2011 ....... Professor Wolff's Website: www.rdwolff.com Professor Wolff's RSS Feed: http://blip.tv/professor-wolff/rss/flash Professor Wolff's Podcast: http://www.truth-out.org/economic-update-your-weekly-dose-revolutionary-economics/1310498361 Permission to reprint Professor Wolff's writing and videos is granted on an individual basis. Please contact profwolff@rdwolff.com to request permission. We reserve the right to refuse or rescind permission at any time.