Professor Richard Wolff of the New School joins us to answer this question. You’ve probably heard that “capitalism has reduced global poverty by 90 percent.” It’s a line frequently parroted by capitalism’s most enthusiastic promoters. But there’s a problem with those claims: they’re either misleading or outright false. Wolff breaks it down.
Presenter/Writer Richard Wolff
Director/Animator Reid Hildebrand
Composer David Maine
Script Coordinator David Oks
Sound Design Julia Purcell
Photography Giulia Marchi
Nicholas Asfouri
Special Thanks Mike & Whitney Gravel