
Bank of America memo exposes capitalists' plot to crash the economy
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
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Why Economics Is Unique in America
Every college and university in this country, pretty much with very few exceptions, has an economic department. But a vast number of these colleges and universities also have what is, in effect, a second economics department. In other words, the job of economics is to justify the system. The job of the business school is to tell you how it really works. That's where i've taught all my life. And what most of my colleagues are busy doing is presenting a rationalization, a celebration of capitalism. When you hear nomics on the radio or television, your brain tunes out because you too understand that what's being told to you,. mister and missus public, is a completely fanc
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