Lannan Center Podcast

2022 Lannan Symposium | Can America Survive Capitalism?

March 23, 2022 Lannan Center
Lannan Center Podcast
2022 Lannan Symposium | Can America Survive Capitalism?
Show Notes

About
Wage inequality in the United States is approaching the extreme level that prevailed prior to the Great Depression, creating new social classes: the precariat (those on short term or zero hours contracts without benefits) and the one percent. With disparity widening––and anger building among some of the dispossessed––can the American Dream endure?

Panelists: Sarah Anderson, Amy Goldstein, and John Freeman. Chaired by Tope Folarin

Music: Quantum Jazz — "Orbiting A Distant Planet" — Provided by Jamendo.