Michael Yates was interviewed today on our program Living Room -- the archived audio can be found at www.livingroomradio.org -- on why Marxism has greater explanatory power than neoclassical economics (see below). And although he was on NPR's Talk of the Nation last week, we had booked him long before that!
Other currently archived shows that might interest people are programs on the International Longshore and Warehouse Union's organization of agricultural labor in Hawaii; Israeli scholar Baruch Kimmerling on Israel and Ariel Sharon; Bertolt Brecht; Marx and Freud; the Jewish and Palestinian editors of Between the Lines on what's wrong with the Left in Israel and Palestine; Robin DG Kelley on his book Freedom Dreams; myths about the decline of the family; limiting the work week; and much more. Wed 8.13.03| Orthodox Economics vs. Marxism Neoliberal prescriptions applied around the globe have left many progressives skeptical of orthodox economic theory. And yet what alternative theories exist? Labor economist Michael Yates argues that Marxism provides us with a means of understanding our world, with all its poverty and inequality, in a way that isn't abstracted from reality Sasha Lilley Producer, KPFA's Living Room 510/848-6767 x209 www.livingroomradio.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
