Behind the News: The Eternal Present w/ Anna Kornbluh
Plus: Gerald Epstein on transforming the finance racket.
February 20, 2024
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February 20, 2024
Behind the News: The Eternal Present w/ Anna Kornbluh
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<p>Gerald Epstein, author of <a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520385641/busting-the-bankers-club" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Busting the Bankers’ Club</em></a>, discusses the finance racket and how to transform it. <a href="http://www.annakornbluh.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Anna Kornbluh</a>, author of <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/products/3031-immediacy-or-the-style-of-too-late-capitalism" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Immediacy</em></a>, examines our sped-up, unmediated cultural eternal present.</p><br /><p><em>Behind the News</em>, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive online: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html</a>.</p>
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