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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Feb 5, 2022
Chris Hedges discusses the gig economy with Louis Hyman, professor of economic history at Cornell University.
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Sep 23, 2021
On the show, the first in a two-part interview, Chris Hedges discusses with Professor David Harvey the reconfiguration of global capitalism, the contradictions of neoliberalism, the financialization of power, the commodification of spectacle, Rate Versus Mass of Surplus Value, and other issues fundamental to economic literacy.
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goingundergroundRT on Oct 30, 2019
On this episode of Going Underground, ahead of a UK General Election in December, we speak to BAFTA-award winning director Ken Loach and BAFTA-award winning writer Paul Laverty on their new film “Sorry We Missed You”, highlighting the struggles of a family living facing an uphill struggle since the 2008 financial crash in the neoliberal gig economy. They discuss the film, the illusion of choice in the free market and how it damages workers’ rights, the hardship of workers in gig economy jobs, the rise of Amazon and how companies like Amazon show capitalism can’t be regulated, the culture of shaming the poor and lauding entrepreneurs, the ignoring of corporate fraud and the continuous focus on welfare fraud, why the ideology of socialism still faces difficulty after the collapse of the Soviet Union and more!
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Mar 18, 2018
John McDonagh, a NYC Taxi Cab Driver for 40 years, discusses the new gig economy by addressing the decline of the NYC Yellow Cab Industry.
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Jan 19, 2018
Jessica Bruder, Author of Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, discusses America’s footloose senior workforce.
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