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Originaly published by Democracy at Work on on Nov 15, 2016 Read Prof. Wolff's post-election message here: https://goo.gl/M1acSD Special thanks to Will Cooper of San Diego, CA, who has sponsored this month's episode. Become a sponsor: democracyatwork.info/sponsor --- Global Capitalism, Monthly Economic Update: "What Now? The Real Economic Issues and the New Government" with Richard D. Wolff Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work, Left Forum & Judson Memorial Church Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 7:30pm Judson Memorial Church Assembly Hall 239 Thompson Street at Washington Square These programs begin with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month, then Wolff analyzes several major economic issues. This month, these issues will include: 1. Where is this capitalist system going?; 2. Monopolies, yet again, and deepening economic inequalities; 3. Alternative, non-capitalist economic structures & opportunities. Our goal: To develop all participants’ understanding and ability to explain current economic events and trends to others. We open the floor to questions and comments when time permits. Richard D. Wolff BIO: WOLFF is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, and a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs at the New School University in New York City. He has authored or co-authored more than a dozen books, including his most recent; Capitalism’s Crisis Deepens: Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown 2010- 2014, and he hosts the weekly Economic Update podcast. John Nichols' many books include The "S" Word: A Short History of an American Tradition...Socialism, and, most recently, Dollarocracy: How the Money-and-Media-Election Complex is Destroying America. This episode also features a commentary from Laura Flanders on renaming capitalism. Earlier he taught economics at Yale University (1967-1969) and at the City College of the City University of New York (1969-1973). In 1994, he was a visiting professor of economics at the University of Paris (France), I (Sorbonne). His work is available at rdwolff.com and at democracyatwork.info and his twitter handle is @profwolff