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Capitalism's Costly Contradictions

Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff

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The Consequences of Capitalism

A capitalist isn't going to make money unless he sells all that is being produced. If you cut what you give to your workers, you are cutting the market for what you sell. What helps you in one way bites you in the rear end on the other way. So capitalists have frightened themselves by their own behavior. They don't want to face that their system is contradictory.

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