Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Capitalism in Crisis?

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Capitalism in Crisis?

Click here to access 23:57m video interview by Charlie Rose with guests David Harvey & economist Richard Wolff. (click on picture of Harvey to activate video)

I haven't had time to listen to all of it yet, but it starts out by a discussion of the difficulties imposed by the One Percent enforcers on people who want to gather in public spaces to talk about the problems related to the economic collapse. Then they move on to a discussion of the constraints of universities to contain the study of subjects within certain limits, and the bank bailouts.