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[S10 E34] The Declining Empire With Chris Hedges

**Economic Update is a @Democracy At Work production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Please consider supporting our work. Donate one time or become a monthly donor by visiting us at democracyatwork.info/donate or become a patron of Economic Update on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/economicupdate. Your contributions help keep this content free and accessible to all. Now more than ever, sharing Prof. Wolff's message is critical.

On this week's Economic Update, Prof. Wolff discusses the following: Denmark's new taxes on banks and rich people to help workers doing dangerous jobs; West Virginia AG sues Walmart and CVS for complicity in opioid scandal; and US State Department urges universities to sell shares in Chinese corporations. On the second half of the show, Prof. Wolff interviews author and journalist  Chris Hedges on signs of the declining US empire.
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Carver john
Carver john
13 hours ago (edited)
Politicians aren’t scared, they are doing exactly what they are paid to do

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Ossie Weinert
Ossie Weinert
14 hours ago
Chris Hedges speech at the recent "People's Party" was outstanding, check it out on YouTube.

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Joanne Nayeri
Joanne Nayeri
14 hours ago
YES Chris Hedges spoke so elegantly and true at the Peoples Party.org last night.👍

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Alaura G
Alaura G
12 hours ago
Chris Hedges gave THE BEST presentation yesterday at the People’s Party Convention. Much appreciation to both of you.

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Konstantin
Konstantin
12 hours ago
Chris is the utimate renegade journalist. Sacrificed himself for us. A true patriot

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Afro Syndicalist
Afro Syndicalist
15 hours ago
The two best people coming together

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Calvin Tsui
Calvin Tsui
13 hours ago
there's no way you can get out of this short of a revolution

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Cat April Watters
Cat April Watters
13 hours ago (edited)
We are living in the Mass Abusive "family"/ dysfunctional "community" I've been gaslit for speaking truth about since 1970. I pointed it out as a child and I was the one people made "wrong" for it since. Dysfunctional/Abusive relationships were made "normal" on ALL scales.
  I studied abusive relationships al my life due to it. people made abuse and dysfunctional relationships "normal". THey had the mentality, that "there's Nothing you can do". And silenced /shamed the youth for being smarter and more courageous than the "Adults". Capitalism Normalized abuse and the Public went along with it for decades. Paying people what they produce Is how a HEALTHY system functions,, like a Healthy Family would function,, Raising people up, teaching people the Value of a dollar. Not like the Fire Fighter prisoners who get paid $1 then can't even become FF when they get out. It's IN YOUR FACE ABUSE. It Must end

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Dave A.
Dave A.
15 hours ago
We here in the USA must rid ourselves of corrupt plutocracy or our nation will fall further into ruin!

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letzplayHU
letzplayHU
15 hours ago
I'm like, "How did I miss this?", Hedges and Wolff? Declining Empire? This is exactly what I'm interested in! Looks at post date: Today, a few minutes ago... Ah :D

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mrzack888
mrzack888
12 hours ago
Chris Hedges as guest?  This one gonna be good.

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MIngze Li
MIngze Li
15 hours ago
My two favorite people comming together.

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Orion 911
Orion 911
12 hours ago (edited)
America is on a Spiral fall, While the Rich Enriches themselves and Damn with the Citizens they are suppose to working for? Biden and Trump are no one to vote for

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ⅰи∂ㄩㄅ360
ⅰи∂ㄩㄅ360
14 hours ago
the u.s. along with the rest of the world is being dismantled by design. the ever increasing blight among other things has been allowed to happen. not sure what the end goal is but it i doubt it's going to be all rainbows and unicorns.

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Ivory the Game Dev
Ivory the Game Dev
15 hours ago
It's too bad Wolff didn't speak at the Peoples Convention last night.

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Craig Timmons
Craig Timmons
14 hours ago (edited)
15:00 - hedges

Man, I really needed this hedges voice after two weeks of conventions.

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Gary Church
Gary Church
13 hours ago
They've lost all sense of the reality around them: Guillotines will restore that situational awareness but when the heads start rolling it is too late.

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Vincenzo
Vincenzo
14 hours ago
The US outsourced most of its manufacturing leaving a bunch of shitty,  poverty-level jobs and homelessness.  And billionaires who have no limits on their wealth accumulation. Declining empire?  What declining empire?

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John Taylor
John Taylor
12 hours ago
The "Rich" aren't giving "political contributions" just for shits & giggles.

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Monk Mode
Monk Mode
14 hours ago
Chris Hedges is a smart guy!

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Louise Wilkes
Louise Wilkes
14 hours ago
Appalled to learn Chris is banking with Wells Fargo!  Pulleeze switch to a Credit Union immediately.  If not sooner.  And thank you from my heart for all you do.  It’s such a treat to see you and Professor Wolff come together in natural... No ‘developed’ affinity.  Keep the faith.  Power to the People!

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Tom Tapp
Tom Tapp
15 hours ago (edited)
Wolff and Hedges two of the best

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Richard Carlson
Richard Carlson
13 hours ago
Two of the world's best commentators on the failed system and corruption of Capitalism and Democracy  and the  failed empire of the United States.

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Rajive Bharadwaj
Rajive Bharadwaj
13 hours ago
I wonder when Peter joseph from the Zeitgeist movement will converse with prof Wolff.

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Microsoft Word Technical Support
Microsoft Word Technical Support
14 hours ago
yeah. I fully agree with Chris's assessment. I would add, as an accelerating factor, climate change. Which I think becomes more significant in this context of infrastructural anemia.

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mijmijrm
mijmijrm
13 hours ago
i suspect the rule will always be: Tax according to Political Influence.

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DerekSpeare
DerekSpeare
12 hours ago
Jimmy Dore would be an interesting guest for a show

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Steg_of_ Neth.
Steg_of_ Neth.
13 hours ago
Thank God Chris told Richard this Trump/Biden election is fundamentally meaningless.

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Sir Awesomeness
Sir Awesomeness
14 hours ago
Holy shit, Hedges and Wolff.

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Roger Hull
Roger Hull
14 hours ago
Thank God someone is doing that. If every country did that, the threats of the rich would be powerless.

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Bill Scott
Bill Scott
8 hours ago
"There is no way to vote against Goldman Sachs."  --  Chris Hedges

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gumzster
gumzster
14 hours ago
Just a slight correction; The taxes on banks in Denmark are not to pay workers more. It's to let people who have been in the workforce the longest retire sooner :)

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Dap The EVegan
Dap The EVegan
15 hours ago
Two of the best in the game!

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Sandra Chinazo Nwankwo
Sandra Chinazo Nwankwo
14 hours ago
Yeah! Chris Hedges is back; it’s been a while. I miss your articles at Truth Dig

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Michael Morrison
Michael Morrison
11 hours ago
"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered.... I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.... The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs." -Thomas Jefferson.

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chrisbayridge1
chrisbayridge1
14 hours ago
Start building the guillotines now!

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stumpedII
stumpedII
8 hours ago
I'd rather have Dr Wolff or Mr Hedges as president than anything we have had since JFK.

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