Richarddwolff
Richarddwolff
@richarddwolff·355K subscribers·501 videos

America No Longer The Land of Opportunity? RT TV Interview - Richard D Wolff

Posted

September 14, 2012

Views

6,072

Likes

119

Comments

18

Engagement

2.26%

Search the Record

Indexed

Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.

Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.

Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line

YouTube Description

as posted by the channel

In the US, most Americans are taught that if you work hard and get a college degree then you will be successful in the end. Since America is seen as the land of opportunity, tens of thousands of people move to the US in hopes of doing just that. But economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz argues that the inequality gap in America has become so great that the chances of those at the bottom making it to the middle or upper-class are bleak. Richard Wolff, author of the book Occupy the Economy, joins us with his take.

.......

Professor Wolff's Website: www.rdwolff.com

Professor Wolff's Podcast

Permission to reprint Professor Wolff's writing and videos is granted on an individual basis. Please contact profwolff@rdwolff.com to request permission. We reserve the right to refuse or rescind permission at any time.

Guests & Subjects Covered

Richard D WolffSince AmericaNobel PrizeJoseph StiglitzRichard WolffProfessor Wolff's WebsiteProfessor Wolff's Podcast PermissionProfessor Wolff's

Sentinel Indexing in Progress

Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.

All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.

America No Longer The Land of Opportunity? RT TV Interview - Richard D Wolff · Richarddwolff · Sentinel