Jacobin Radio: James K. Galbraith and Aaron Benanav

Suzi talks to James K. Galbraith on the economic policies we need, and Aaron Benanav on the crisis of unemployment. <a href="https://lbj.utexas.edu/galbraith-james-k" rel="nofollow">James K Galbraith</a><span></span><span>responds to the multiple crises and challenges brought by the coronavirus pandemic, laying out the economic policy we need <i>now</i>, and </span><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/economy-mobilization-coronavirus-market/" rel="nofollow">the mobilization necessary</a><span> to get it. He proposes concrete measures, like a Health Finance Corporation, that could be an efficient one-stop shop for all the resources needed. We ask why the economy as currently organized has been unable to deal with the challenges of the pandemic. </span><span>Galbraith's watchwords: solidarity, organization, and determination.</span><span></span><span><a href="https://www.aaronbenanav.com/" rel="nofollow" title="Aaron Benanav">Aaron Benanav</a></span><span> writes about employment, especially the irregular, informal and precarious forms of employment </span><span>—</span> the ones that fall through the large holes in the shredded safety net. His article, “<a href="https://phenomenalworld.org/analysis/crisis-and-recovery" rel="nofollow">Crisis and Recovery</a>” looks at the cataclysmic economic crisis unfolding in tandem with the public health crisis. We get his findings.