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Bonus: Noam Chomsky on Crazy Town
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As a follow up to Episode 61 of the Crazy Town podcast (postcarbon.org/crazytown/episode-61/), Noam Chomsky, the well-known linguist, author, and social critic, joins Asher Miller for an interview in Crazy Town to discuss the failures and dominance of neoliberalism — which Chomsky describes as “class war” — since delivery of the Powell Memo 50 years ago.
Chomsky responds to George Monbiot’s critique of the political center and left for not, in Monbiot’s view, developing viable alternatives to neoliberalism. Disagreeing with Monbiot’s (and admittedly Post Carbon Institute’s own) views about the limits of Keynesian “green growth” economic policies, Chomsky discusses proposals developed by places like the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) that he believes would meet the needs of the poor and working classes while tackling the climate crisis. Noam’s emphasis on community power, going back to his childhood experiences, strongly resonate with “Do the Opposite” themes explored in Season 4 of Crazy Town.
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Chomsky.info
Text of “Attack on American Free Enterprise System” (The Powell Memorandum): https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=powellmemo
George Monbiot’s essay, “Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems,” (April 15, 2016): theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot
The Political Economy Research Institute at University of Massachusetts: https://peri.umass.edu/
The Ocasio-Cortez-Markey Green New Deal, H.Res.109 - Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal: congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/109/text
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Crazy Town podcast website: postcarbon.org/crazytown
Follow the Crazy Town podcast on Facebook: facebook.com/crazytownshow
Review Crazy Town on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crazy-town/id1454850590?uo=4
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#crazytownpodcast #PostCarbonInstitute #noamchomsky #climatechange #inequality #neoliberalism #Keynes #GeorgeMonbiot #unions #labor #Republicans #Democrats #politics #class #Marx #NewDeal #greennewdeal #alexandriaocasiocortez #edwardmarkey #fossilfuels
Bonus: Noam Chomsky on Crazy Town
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As a follow up to Episode 61 of the Crazy Town podcast (postcarbon.org/crazytown/episode-61/), Noam Chomsky, the well-known linguist, author, and social critic, joins Asher Miller for an interview in Crazy Town to discuss the failures and dominance of neoliberalism — which Chomsky describes as “class war” — since delivery of the Powell Memo 50 years ago.
Chomsky responds to George Monbiot’s critique of the political center and left for not, in Monbiot’s view, developing viable alternatives to neoliberalism. Disagreeing with Monbiot’s (and admittedly Post Carbon Institute’s own) views about the limits of Keynesian “green growth” economic policies, Chomsky discusses proposals developed by places like the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) that he believes would meet the needs of the poor and working classes while tackling the climate crisis. Noam’s emphasis on community power, going back to his childhood experiences, strongly resonate with “Do the Opposite” themes explored in Season 4 of Crazy Town.
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Chomsky.info
Text of “Attack on American Free Enterprise System” (The Powell Memorandum): https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=powellmemo
George Monbiot’s essay, “Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems,” (April 15, 2016): theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot
The Political Economy Research Institute at University of Massachusetts: https://peri.umass.edu/
The Ocasio-Cortez-Markey Green New Deal, H.Res.109 - Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal: congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/109/text
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Crazy Town podcast website: postcarbon.org/crazytown
Follow the Crazy Town podcast on Facebook: facebook.com/crazytownshow
Review Crazy Town on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crazy-town/id1454850590?uo=4
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#crazytownpodcast #PostCarbonInstitute #noamchomsky #climatechange #inequality #neoliberalism #Keynes #GeorgeMonbiot #unions #labor #Republicans #Democrats #politics #class #Marx #NewDeal #greennewdeal #alexandriaocasiocortez #edwardmarkey #fossilfuels
