Economy & Work, Reality Asserts Itself, U.S. Politics
Reaganism and Thatcherism were Intellectually Dishonest – Heiner Flassbeck on RAI Pt 1/5
Mr. Flassbeck, former director of UNCTAD, discusses growing up in a US-dominated Germany and his opposition to the birth of neoliberal economics. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced July 25, 2014, with Paul Jay.
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After the Fall of the Dictatorship, I Knew Political Economy was the Key – Lapavitsas (pt 2/8)
This interview was originally published on May 23, 2014. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Lapavitsas says his politics were further formed in the upsurge of the Greek Left after military rule fell, and it led him to the study of economics in London.
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What Would You Do If You Ran Baltimore Housing Policy – Marisela Gomez on RAI (pt 4/4)
This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on January 14, 2014. Marisela Gomez tells Paul Jay that redevelopment in Baltimore must start with revitalizing the community, not to gentrify and raise real-estate values, but for the benefit of people who historically lived there.
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Gentrification of Baltimore’s Middle East – Marisela Gomez on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 3/4)
This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on January 9, 2014. Hopkins trained doctor Marisela Gomez tells Paul Jay that Johns Hopkins expansion plans are changing the class and racial character of the surrounding community.
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The Destruction of Baltimore’s Middle East Community – Marisela Gomez on RAI (pt 2/4)
This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on January 9, 2014. On Reality Asserts Itself, Marisela Gomez tells Paul Jay that Johns Hopkin's “broken windows” policy and Baltimore’s use of eminent domain law helped destroy a once vibrant community.
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Hopkins Trained Doctor Fights Hopkins Expansion Plans in Baltimore – Marisela Gomez on RAI (pt 1/4)
This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on January 8, 2014. On Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, Marisela Gomez, a doctor, and community activist, says one can’t arrive in the Hopkins community and not see the huge disparity between this institution and surrounding it, a community that’s been completely disinvested and abandoned.
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