In the Central Asian state has left hundreds injured. In just a few moments time that back in an hours time voted to bring you the latest global news update will see you again. Hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered im Peter Lavelle it remains unclear who will be the occupant in the white house this january what can be easily predicted is the state of the economy where tens of millions of citizens it appears what is called the case shaped recovery is permanently dividing the country and the house and have nots and this is. Seems to be acceptable for those who are the house. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest Michael Hudson in new york he is a professor of economics at the university of missouri kansas city and author of through give them their debts and in bangkok were joined by steve keen hes a crowdfunding professor of economics on a tree on as well as a distinguished Research Fellow of the institute for strategy resilience and security of Univers
Unemployment and jobs that are permanently lost here but the more i look at it and you gentlemen are preeminent experts here i dont i dont really think its that you are an l. Im really quite taken with this k. A recovery the rich got richer and the poor got for is that an oversimplification richard go ahead not at all i think weve already seen that now folks like some time that at least 2 or 3 or 4 decades of growing inequality both of wealth and income and instead of that being understood as having contributed to the combination pandemic and crash were living through instead of that being understood we see the crash having made it worse the growth of the wealthy at the very top having outstripped everything we could have imagined at the same time that now over 60000000 americans have. Had to file for one or another kind of state or federal Unemployment Compensation assistance this is a system that is spinning out of control in terms of extremes of wealth inequality and income inequali
Youve given up on ok because the other part. Of the economy its true because its to their benefit here i really worry when people talk about new normals and when they talk about the economy youre my friend well who has become normal since 2008 has been completely different from the old normal people have the normal you go back to a balance but really the economy hasnt grown at all since the 2008 crisis all of the growth in g. D. P. All of the growth in wealth has accrued to the Financial Sector to the real estate sector to the one percent for the 99 percent of all theyve gone down and down and down so the new normal is you cant get rich again by housing and join the middle class like a ghost or the new normal is an all of the year increase in wages and debt service in rents and in monopoly prices so that they mark the new normal is the market is going to shrink and shrink into. We look like greece looks in the last 5 years the length of the normal is looking way routes that if and run.
As author of the recent books understanding socialism and understanding marxism and in westport we cross to peter schiff he is chief global strategist at europe a civic Asset Management right gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok lets go to new york richard you know looking at the news about the economy looking at a lot of macro numbers and sometimes i think its very quite confusing and where the economy is going particularly when we look at unemployment permanent unemployment and jobs that are permanently lost here but the more i look at it and you gentlemen are preeminent experts here i dont i dont really think its that you are an l. Im really quite taken with this k. A recovery the rich got richer and the poor got or is that an oversimplification richard go ahead not at all i think weve already seen that now quote quite some time that. East to north 3 on 4 decades of growing inequality both of wealth and income
Hello and welcome to cross talk were all things are considered im Peter Lavelle as a culture war consumes american politics during this election cycle the economy remains in a big area state millions of people live on the margins the only constant for them is insecurity economists debate and eventually recovery they speak of a u. Of the end of now but is the reality a k a recovery a permanent underclass. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest Richard Wolffe in new york he is Professor Emeritus of economics at the university of massachusetts amherst as well as author of the recent books understanding socialism and understanding marxism and in westport we cross to peter schiff he is chief global strategist at europe a civic Asset Management right gentlemen crosswalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok lets go to new york richard you know looking at the news about the economy looking at a lot of macro numbers and sometimes i th