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Capitalism in Crisis: When "Intellectual Property" Kills the Sick and Poor
Capitalism in Crisis: When "Intellectual Property" Kills the Sick and Poor
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
May 5, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Brian and Prof. Wolff discuss the deadly consequences of the U.S. government's stubborn refusal so far to waive patents preventing developing countries from producing their own Coronavirus vaccines -- all to protect the profits of the big pharmaceutical corporations.
Richard Wolff is the co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work and the author of many books, the latest being “The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself”. You can check out his work at rdwolff.com
Richard Wolff is the co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work and the author of many books, the latest being “The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself”. You can check out his work at rdwolff.com
Released:
May 5, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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