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How big corporations took over Western governments

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  • How did Western governments get to the point where major decisions are made by and for large corporate monopolies? Ben Norton is joined by political economist Radhika Desai to discuss neoliberalism and the myth of the free market.
    This is based on chapter 6 of Radhika's book "Capitalism, Coronavirus and War". You can download it for free here: geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/...
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  • @typeviic1
    @typeviic1 หลายเดือนก่อน +347

    And voting for Dems and Repubs will change nothing.

    • @gerhard7323
      @gerhard7323 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

      'If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it' Mark Twain.

    • @raymundogonzalez6450
      @raymundogonzalez6450 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      That the definition of Insanity

    • @garyrchampagne
      @garyrchampagne หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@gerhard7323

    • @ttystikkrocks1042
      @ttystikkrocks1042 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      JILL STEIN FOR PRESIDENT!

    • @joellis5915
      @joellis5915 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@ttystikkrocks1042 Robert Kennedy Jr.

  • @harryholiday5356
    @harryholiday5356 หลายเดือนก่อน +296

    I was telling my friends this during the 1990's decade. They all said I was crazy, and it just couldn't happen in America. Now, they are eating their words and experiencing KARMA. We are now in a very feudalist fascist system for several generations.

    • @ATS_i_piss_on_G00gle
      @ATS_i_piss_on_G00gle หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes,we are and we always been.That is what capitalism is= feudalism in desquise.

    • @laotrahistoria7747
      @laotrahistoria7747 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      Great comment. Still, it only happened to be noticed by you in the 1990’s. In reality this failed model started in 1492, after the consumption conquest of the first country of Iberian peninsula, Al-Andalus, and the fake “discovery” and the beginning of the conquest invasion and epistemic killing of the cultures of the “Americas”. It was the beginning not of an economical model but of the civilization model, the so called “modernity”. If you haven’t yet, I invite you to check a much better study of it with Berkeley University professor Ramon Grosfoguel.

    • @Perspectiveon
      @Perspectiveon หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ditto and agree. How the West exploited the void after the Sovjet collapse was the eye-opener for me.

    • @Perspectiveon
      @Perspectiveon หลายเดือนก่อน

      Scandinavian here. Ditto and agree. Exploitation of the void after the Sovjet collapse was the eye-opener for me. In all but name most Western Countries are now Neo-Feudal Oligarchies.

    • @Perspectiveon
      @Perspectiveon หลายเดือนก่อน

      Scandinavian here. Ditto and agree. Exploitation of the void after the Sovjet collapse was the eye-opener for me. In all but name most Western Countries are now Neo-Feudal Oligarchies.

  • @geovanniali6060
    @geovanniali6060 หลายเดือนก่อน +223

    Feed the poor.
    Not the 1%.

    • @galeparker1067
      @galeparker1067 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      But servicing the Poor is a very popular Growth Industry. 😢🇨🇦

    • @pecan11
      @pecan11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@geovanniali6060 this lady is telling u that will never happen

    • @adamiskandar5107
      @adamiskandar5107 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@pecan11 Just stating the facts but she is for sure fighting against this unfair system.

    • @anyq_CS
      @anyq_CS หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      libya was the most successful african country before it got destroyed. civilians enjoyed a lot of privileges that average american can ever dream. but evil man gadaffi want to dump dollar😂

    • @user-ri8gz2yr3s
      @user-ri8gz2yr3s หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​Yes , this privatizing of housing , and social services is what is THE HINGER GAMES ! ALL OF THOSE RELIGIONS GET TO PUT GREAT STRESS ONTO THE POOR PEOPLE !! THANK YOUR FRIENDLY LOCAL GOVERNMENT , WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE PROVINCE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS !! @galeparker1067

  • @Avery-wy1xh
    @Avery-wy1xh หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    There is no way rents can remain this high with the wages being this flat. People simply wont pay it.

  • @M.M.Alam.Liberty
    @M.M.Alam.Liberty หลายเดือนก่อน +116

    Brave and Brilliant economist Dr Radhika Desai. 👏 thank you

  • @420haxx
    @420haxx หลายเดือนก่อน +73

    Great presentation by the professor, Neo-Liberalism has completely disenfranchised the West.

    • @Silks-
      @Silks- หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s franchised the wealthy. Everyone else has been losing out for decades. The super wealthy have no borders.

  • @elonmusksellssnakeoil1744
    @elonmusksellssnakeoil1744 หลายเดือนก่อน +175

    "Government is the problem!" - guy who sought out the highest position in the government.

    • @Praisethesunson
      @Praisethesunson หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      @@elonmusksellssnakeoil1744 Reagan was an actor playing the part for his directors.

    • @view1st
      @view1st หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      To destroy the system you must be part of the the system. Remember Gorbachev, Yeltsin?

    • @BeachTypeZaku
      @BeachTypeZaku หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@elonmusksellssnakeoil1744 It is. But those like you that bury their heads in the sand wouldn't know that. Socialism helps nobody but those at the top. Ask anyone who lived under the Iron Curtain how it was.
      But I'm sure you'll only hear what you want to. You're a lost cause.

    • @benangel3268
      @benangel3268 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @view1st When you are part of the system that has helped to get you to the top, you have no interest in destroying it. If you are unscrupulous you may be in interested in destroying aspects of the system that benefited everybody else.

    • @loinaluks2251
      @loinaluks2251 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@benangel3268Or possibly in some cases changing things you think will be better from the top with outside assistance, only for that outside assistance to step in and pull the rug out from everyone to pillage viking style.

  • @user-et5wy6zk9v
    @user-et5wy6zk9v 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    The big corporations have the money, govt has the power. Money & power scratch each other's backs to gain more money & more power. In the meantime the public is fed bread & circuses and kept in line under the illusion of democracy and rights.

  • @sciologist
    @sciologist หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    These CEO;s and Board of Directors gives themselves 10s of millions of dollars in raises and bonuses then blame their minimual wage employees for the collaps of their companies. Its like Bankers blaming their janitors and maids for the Banking Crisis.

  • @estevaocachiliva3249
    @estevaocachiliva3249 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    God Bless You BEN NORTON❤❤❤

    • @betteroffredthandead
      @betteroffredthandead หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      And the rest of the Geopolitical Econ. Report team! Thank you for dispelling lies about China among other things!

    • @dao8805
      @dao8805 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Surprised to hear he moved to China! Best wishes to him.

    • @soberthinking2102
      @soberthinking2102 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      AMEN!

  • @user-ri8gz2yr3s
    @user-ri8gz2yr3s หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    No water supply , no electrical supply should be privatized!! No food must be kept from the people who need good! No housing shelter should be kept from the people !! Food , clean drinking water , shelter clothes need to be a BIRTHRIGHT !!

    • @dao8805
      @dao8805 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I agree.

    • @ChristineCircelli-go2yw
      @ChristineCircelli-go2yw 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Me too ✋️

    • @lloydsingline340
      @lloydsingline340 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Human rights issue, but the UN and agencies are entrenched with the debacle that is the current world.

    • @ChristineCircelli-go2yw
      @ChristineCircelli-go2yw 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@lloydsingline340 The current world will eventually change when Jehovah God wins the battle of Armageddon.

    • @SJhshs-qh8nx
      @SJhshs-qh8nx 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You know who tried that? The USSR, Vietnam, China, Cuba, North Korea, Iraq, Libya and Venezuela.
      I assume you know enough history to know that central planning doesn't work. Collectivism in state leads to authority, poverty, economic fall down, lack of resources, resource mismanagement and ALWAYS indoctrination in education and culture.
      You can make all of this free, with high taxes, but you'll need the money for that, which is money you WILL NEVER HAVE if you decided to let the stat-....cough cough.....the 'people' in charge, which will lead to allllll sorts of economic fallacies. Everyone will be entrapped for one job, for one purpose and you won't have any option and you must serve the state like a slave or have the state take away things from you.
      Your disguise of "fairness" is what led to many's suffering and demise, what you think of as noble is why we have inflation, high taxes, terrible options and state-backed monopolies ran by the elites, the very people you will give power to.
      You want to make scarce resources free? Well, do they cost time and labour and land and sweat to make? Then it's not free, and if you still want it free, then ALLOW PEOPLE TO OWN THINGS FIRST!

  • @andrew69novak
    @andrew69novak หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    Grace Blakeley has recently written a great book about this topic called "Vulture Capitalism" and I highly recommend it. The term "regulatory capture" is wholly inadequate in describing what has actually taken place.
    The laws of incorporation that were passed in 1863 put the US government squarely in the pocket of bankers and robber barrons. Even FDR, the "savior" didn't take the power to print free money from bankers. Printing unlimited money allows you to purchase unlimited power and influence. We all live in the results of that.

    • @59vlada
      @59vlada หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Right, corporations are only a facade, who really took over is those controlling corporations, and it is the reachest, having controlling pocket of shares bought anonymously for them by large investment firms they also control.

    • @kateoneal4215
      @kateoneal4215 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      The "donor class" determines 95% of presidential elections, 93% of congressional and 82% of senatorial races.
      But that's only the tip of the iceberg..... They also own international institutions like the UN.

    • @Jay...777
      @Jay...777 หลายเดือนก่อน

      China has nationalized banks. The only way to go.

    • @59vlada
      @59vlada หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kateoneal4215 Of course, the UN creation was financed by the Rockefellers, even the land the UN building is on belongs to them (it is only given to the UN to use it, long as it exists).

    • @Madasin_Paine
      @Madasin_Paine หลายเดือนก่อน

      Poster boy is a mal content phonsy in charge of Berkshire Hathaway amd one of the five aforementioned who doubled wealth in 2 years at the expense of the many who make and create.
      Worse than Gates, the t i r d? Similar enough...
      Soul lee vamp ir ik
      IMHO

  • @ttystikkrocks1042
    @ttystikkrocks1042 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I feel like I'm getting a minor in geopolitical economics, one hour at a time. This is extremely valuable subject matter in terms of understanding the economic forces at work in the world, who benefits- and who loses.

  • @erikeparsels
    @erikeparsels หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    Neoliberalism isn't "market" fundamentalism, because corporate players try to escape market discipline at every opportunity. It is "private investment and profit fundamentalism" or "capitalist fundamentalism" or "corporate fundamentalism".

    • @Jay...777
      @Jay...777 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I see "corporate fundamentalism" is the correct term, especially if you include banks & private equity.

    • @dudebro91-fn7rz
      @dudebro91-fn7rz หลายเดือนก่อน

      George soros literally calls his ideology market fundamentalism tho

    • @kussemeinkont
      @kussemeinkont 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@dudebro91-fn7rz actually he argues against market fundamentalism

  • @donnab.333
    @donnab.333 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    You are absolutely right about the definition of liberalism. I didn't learn the true definition of liberalism until I took a government class during my doctoral studies. I was so shocked. Liberalism coincides with Libertarians.

    • @kussemeinkont
      @kussemeinkont 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      no it doesn't, you read the wrong stuff, libertarians are not liberals

  • @TheMansfieldlad
    @TheMansfieldlad หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Gotta say it's a rare thing to get a book on these subjects for FREE so the poor can educate themselves. Well done and thank you !!!

  • @fortedrummer3026
    @fortedrummer3026 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    One of my seventh grade teachers, who taught civics, required our class to watch Reagan's inauguration in the classroom on January 20, 1981. So I saw him say "government is the problem" in real time. Even then, I didn't like him at all. I liked the idea that the government could help people in need. Our teacher loudly cheered him on from behind her desk. My generation turned out to be very conservative and reactionary, and pro-neoliberal, for the most part.

  • @eldo-qb2yh
    @eldo-qb2yh หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Thanks for the update.I really appreciate the dedication in each video you post.The first step to successful investing is determining your goals and risk tolerance, To be successful in markets, traders should understand the crossover between asset classes & liquidity flow.. You have changed my entire life and I continue to preach your name. Now I can say that thanks to Ms. CLARA BURN I am improving my understanding of this whole world and making new big profits every week.

    • @Juannigranucci-gl1iu
      @Juannigranucci-gl1iu หลายเดือนก่อน

      Two other of my colleagues and I tried it immediately, we testified. MRS Clara Burn is doing wonders.

    • @BobbyGriffin-ur3ik
      @BobbyGriffin-ur3ik หลายเดือนก่อน

      How can I participate in this? Like how do I contact this adviser please?

    • @eldo-qb2yh
      @eldo-qb2yh หลายเดือนก่อน

      she often interacts on Telegrams, using the user name

    • @eldo-qb2yh
      @eldo-qb2yh หลายเดือนก่อน

      ClaraB3

    • @BobbyGriffin-ur3ik
      @BobbyGriffin-ur3ik หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks heaps.

  • @jordansoviet23
    @jordansoviet23 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I hate corporations literally making the lives of the masses miserable. It is focusing on profits than pursuing the general welfare of the people thar really make me angry and sad whenever I see homeless and old people begging alms just to buy food for their immediate medical issues.
    Almost every day I see this here in the Philippines. Water, electric and telecommunications utilities getting more expensive. Most of all you cannot afford to get sick here because hospitals are mostly privately owned. If you don't have money for down payment for immediate medical attention then you die or your medical conditions worsen.

  • @Tracertme
    @Tracertme หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    All utility businesses work best when nationalised they are part of critical infrastructure and should never be privatised ❤

  • @chunlingtong6137
    @chunlingtong6137 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Ben, thank you 😊 from my mei mei (sister) love your analysis & please keep up the good work.

  • @Zara-um1nx
    @Zara-um1nx หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    This is very true thank you so much Ben ❤❤

  • @maxrobespierre9176
    @maxrobespierre9176 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    It’s a FEATURE of capitalism, not an anomaly. This is unavoidable when individuals and corporations have the money and the connections to exert constant pressure using both carrots and sticks as the tools crush resistance.

  • @HomesteadAce
    @HomesteadAce หลายเดือนก่อน +67

    You call it Neoliberalism, I call it Ultra-capitalism

    • @veryskeptical2409
      @veryskeptical2409 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We need to "cut the malarkey". That will surely help.

    • @user-ds9uk3bm2r
      @user-ds9uk3bm2r หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Capitalism on steroids

    • @a.randomjack6661
      @a.randomjack6661 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      In other words: We are ran by junkies, "profit junkies"

    • @brockabaddy985
      @brockabaddy985 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Unfettered capitalism.

    • @gelinrefira
      @gelinrefira หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      That's what neoliberalism is.

  • @stephen_pfrimmer
    @stephen_pfrimmer หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Thank you Radhika! Neoliberalism clarified. Thank you Ben. Thank you Jayati Ghosh. Thank you Michael (Green Party, natural monopolies, wealth tax?).

  • @reparationnation
    @reparationnation หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Thank you for sharing. #CBOBAO

  • @benjoas
    @benjoas หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Ben, thank you for your work, it's essential to understand how the world runs nowadays. Im I big fan of your chanel. Saludos desde México 🇲🇽

  • @austinbar
    @austinbar หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Given the persisting global economic crisis, it's essential for individuals to focus on diversifying their income streams independent of governmental reliance. This involves exploring options such as stocks, gold, silver, and digital currencies. Despite the adversity in the economy, now is an opportune moment to contemplate these investment avenues.

    • @rogerwheelers4322
      @rogerwheelers4322 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The pathway to substantial returns doesn't solely rely on stocks with significant movements. Instead, it revolves around effectively managing risk relative to reward. By appropriately sizing your positions and capitalizing on your advantage repeatedly, you can progressively work towards achieving your financial goals. This principle applies across various investment approaches, whether it be long-term investing or day trading.

    • @joshbarney114
      @joshbarney114 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I agree, that's the more reason I prefer my day to day investment decisions being guided by an advisor, seeing that their entire skillset is built around going long and short at the same time both employing risk for its asymmetrical upside and laying off risk as a hedge against the inevitable downward turns, coupled with the exclusive information/analysis they have, it's near impossible to not out-perform, been using my advisor for over 2years+ and I've netted over 2.8million.

    • @FabioOdelega876
      @FabioOdelega876 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@joshbarney114 I think this is something I should do, but I've been stalling for a long time now. I don't really know which firm to work with; I feel they are all the same but it seems you’ve got it all worked out with the firm you work with so i surely wouldn’t mind a recommendation.

    • @joshbarney114
      @joshbarney114 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I definitely share your sentiment about these firms. Finding financial advisors like Marisa Breton Dollard who can assist you shape your portfolio would be a very creative option. There will be difficult times ahead, and prudent personal money management will be essential to navigating them.

    • @FabioOdelega876
      @FabioOdelega876 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Excellent share, just inputted Marisa Breton Dollard on the internet, spotted her consulting page ranked top and was able to schedule a call session. I've seen commentaries about advisors but not one looks this phenomenal.

  • @user-et5wy6zk9v
    @user-et5wy6zk9v 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    This is what I call truly useful economic commentary unlike a lot of obfuscation that masquerades around as high level economic analysis

  • @arturoanton2958
    @arturoanton2958 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I have learned a lot from this Ben Norton & Radhika video by seing this doctrine changing its fancy names while its purpose remained constant: stealing from the working class.Amazing.

  • @pecan11
    @pecan11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Gd! What a massively important video! EVERYONE SHOUDL WATCH Ben does it again! Fantastic

  • @paulmicks7097
    @paulmicks7097 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Analysis always exposes corruption ... Great topic

  • @munirali1436
    @munirali1436 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Love you both you are my favourite

    • @urrywest
      @urrywest หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Never forget Hudson.

  • @stevendibble5739
    @stevendibble5739 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    What a great discussion thanks

  • @northstar1060
    @northstar1060 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    how to take over a government 101.........wave a dollar bill in front of a politicians eyes

    • @Praisethesunson
      @Praisethesunson หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@northstar1060 We ran everything. We paid off cops. We paid off lawyers. We paid off judges. Everybody had their hands out. Everything was for the taking.
      -Corporations

    • @user-os4fd4yl8z
      @user-os4fd4yl8z หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is that one of Gene Sharp's book?

  • @aleaiactaest8354
    @aleaiactaest8354 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Good discussion.
    In neoliberal countries the state is so weakend that its only tools are tariffs and subsidies. Hence, as Radhika points out, it ends up being a version of neoliberal economy where the biggest customer is the state, to privatly owned corporations. Futhermore many of the subsides invesments into "green" economy/energy will be far from econoical and benifital to the broader populous...will end up being very expensive. But the investment class is have a party...

  • @stegoheg
    @stegoheg หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I thought I had learned economics. But I had actually been spoon fed an ideology - thanks to Ben, Radhika (and Michael) for all of your work. You have freed my mind from the shackles of propagandized junk economics. Now I am making connections and seeing the world as I have never seen it before. It's quite destabilizing but I would rather know the truth of things. Keep up the outstanding work.

  • @finleysterling562
    @finleysterling562 หลายเดือนก่อน +124

    I wonder what the best opportunities to invest now are, there are opinions but a little later I find out these opinions don't matter as a totally different turn of events play out with the stocks they discussed therein...

    • @leedavis3639
      @leedavis3639 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you’re new to investing or have a more complex financial situation, It can be helpful to work with a financial advisor who can provide personalized guidance and help you make informed investment decisions.

    • @MooreScott-hd5fz
      @MooreScott-hd5fz หลายเดือนก่อน

      Even with the right technique and assets some investors would still make more than others, as an investor, you should’ve known that by now, nothing beats experience and that’s final, personally I had to reach out to a market analyst for guidance which is how I was able to grow my account close to a million, withdraw my profit right before the correction and now I’m buying again.

    • @darrenphilip247
      @darrenphilip247 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's correct. At first, I wasn't too pleased with my gains compared to my previous performances, I was doing so poorly, I thought I needed to diversify into better assets, so I got in touch with an investment-advisor. That same year, I pulled a net gain of 550k, which is about 10 times more than I average on.

    • @finleysterling562
      @finleysterling562 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How can I participate in this? I sincerely aspire to establish a secure financial future and am eager to participate. Who is the driving force behind your success?.

    • @darrenphilip247
      @darrenphilip247 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ethan Grayson is one of the finest portfolio managers in the field. He's widely recognized; you should look him up.

  • @LuisRiveraOtero1
    @LuisRiveraOtero1 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Greed and personal gain are opposite to social responsibility. How could people actually fool themselves into believing that corporations ,whose sole motive for existence is to MAKE PROFIT, would care about social responsibility. 😂 Makes as much sense as “self regulation” of industry.

    • @Madasin_Paine
      @Madasin_Paine หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not only so.
      Its honor and its opposite moreso.
      Honest vs opposite
      Lawful vs not
      Caring vs indifference
      Its a US religion that's malignant
      Murd r & Sui side Inc
      Livestock max in half life.
      Feel Free ® ™
      NO needs.
      Wants by design
      Just increase advertising and ROI at 6% average yearly...

    • @happyappy19931
      @happyappy19931 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Corporations give people jobs and income. They lift people out of poverty so that they can put money back in the communities. Do you think money to eat with falls from the sky?

    • @Madasin_Paine
      @Madasin_Paine หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@happyappy19931 and in the worst possible way on Earth destroying in 400 years what only took the 20 years past and gravelly another 10.
      Must be loon
      Ie Libertarian

    • @borginburkes1819
      @borginburkes1819 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@happyappy19931in order for a corporation to turn a profit, the workers have to stay in poverty. Basic economics

  • @jamesmurphy9426
    @jamesmurphy9426 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Best Information available
    Keep up the fantastic work
    Still watching recent episode on China

  • @silviosumbo8600
    @silviosumbo8600 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ben Norton, you are the man. Keep up a good job.

  • @KoDeMondo
    @KoDeMondo หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    You don't need an Oxford degree to understand that if you mindlessly give away money for ten years, encouraging people to go into debt, and then suddenly do the exact opposite, the country will go into disarray.

  • @WASHINGinAZ
    @WASHINGinAZ หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    SCOTUS gave them the rights as a citizen, that did not help, turning our societies into consumer driven economies has not helped everyone wanted cheep goods

    • @dao8805
      @dao8805 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We need to have corporations stripped of personhood. Now they are also seeking voting rights as "persons". If you haven't signed Move To Amend's petition to pass a Constitutional Amendment stripping corporations of personhood, I encourage you to do so. Addressing this issue is long overdue.

  • @minniewipster8130
    @minniewipster8130 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    No trained workers? I find that hard to believe. It seems like there are a lot of people working jobs for which they are overqualified -- just as in the 1930s.

    • @Jay...777
      @Jay...777 หลายเดือนก่อน

      China educates 100X more STEM grads p.a. than the US. Probably more now.

  • @user-iz1vc3lx8t
    @user-iz1vc3lx8t 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Greed is killing people. 😢💔🙏

  • @roguecow9632
    @roguecow9632 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you for explaining Liberalism. I probably should've done research on this word that causes so much friction and confusion, but now I see it for what it is--just another trap for the average worker fall into. For those of us who do real work and don't earn passive income there's no point in participating in Their capitalist system as it only serves Them (the few) and having served this class my whole life, I've nothing to show for it but worn out joints and a depressed bank account.

    • @danielhadad4911
      @danielhadad4911 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We have to organize before it's too late for our class and the planet. Handling the feeling of hopelessness is difficult, but that's the one key ingredient in their formula for our total submission.
      Kudos for honest comment! ❤

    • @Jay...777
      @Jay...777 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You got it. Western media is the Big Lie Machine, tremendously successful at promoting;- slavery as freedom, war as peace and multiple instances of divide & rule. Most western people have their heads full of media bullshit, lost in a maze of lies. A lot of people are waking up these days. Hope springs eternal.

  • @KoDeMondo
    @KoDeMondo หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Being greedy is part of human nature. Who wouldn't be, given the opportunity? This can only happen when you have the power to print money with no limits. No one in this universe should have this type of power, as that is where the true danger lies.

  • @nicholasszegho6768
    @nicholasszegho6768 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Globalisation in Australia brought Americans owning more than 50% of our largest corporations, including all the banks and mining. Large amounts of retail and infrastructure. Most of the bureaucracy has been contracted out to large consultancy companies like pwc, Deloitte and kpmg. America owns our means of production 😢

    • @bizarre6227
      @bizarre6227 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same in Europe

    • @07wrxtr1
      @07wrxtr1 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      And they treated you all like dogs during the plan dem ic

  • @clive-live
    @clive-live หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I like the idea of the free pdf in relation to your podcast.
    I have just ordered Capitalism, Cornavirius, and War.
    Thanks for the heads up!
    Clive

  • @NICHOLASBYRNE3931
    @NICHOLASBYRNE3931 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you all.

  • @APHS-B
    @APHS-B 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Not a leftie, much less a communist, but I must say, this channel produces a sturdier, sober, more accurate analysis of geopolitical episodes than any I can think of, on either side.

  • @a.randomjack6661
    @a.randomjack6661 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    ⚠Sort comments by newest,. many are hiding

    • @traditionalfood367
      @traditionalfood367 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ... hidden.

    • @a.randomjack6661
      @a.randomjack6661 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@traditionalfood367 I know, I vary wording a bit.
      Imagine a frightened comment that doesn't want to be forcefully taken to entropy land 😱

    • @rsavage-r2v
      @rsavage-r2v หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yeah I wish I had known this sooner. YT has several effective forms "soft" censorship.

    • @a.randomjack6661
      @a.randomjack6661 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@rsavage-r2v I spend lots of time on yt. Closing down channels, censoring important information, I find that on the harsh side.
      Good thing there are fallback platforms... On the other hand, I hate being funneled because it makes me feel I'm heading into a trap. I did not use to feel paranoid. Perhaps I wasn't understanding the 'Corporatocracy Empire' until a few years ago.
      I'm leaving you another reply below. You can look up the word and the concept 🖖

    • @a.randomjack6661
      @a.randomjack6661 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@rsavage-r2v Pathocracy

  • @benfranklin1770
    @benfranklin1770 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is one of my favorite you tube channels. Must see in high schools...

  • @michaelbunner2626
    @michaelbunner2626 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The government also extended the right for corporations to have privatized military forces
    Any conflict with those privatized military forces is also by decree considered a direct attack against the United States

  • @ShangguanJiewen
    @ShangguanJiewen หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is the best channel on TH-cam. Great work Ben!!!

  • @veryskeptical2409
    @veryskeptical2409 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    This is known as capitalism.

    • @jakethomas1829
      @jakethomas1829 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Crapitalism

    • @420haxx
      @420haxx หลายเดือนก่อน

      Neo-Liberalism is an extreme form of capitalism that exaggerates all the of the negative tendancies of the capitalist system, between 30's and the 80's capitalism was kept in check by antitrust laws and heavy regulation, consequently living standards in the west improved a phenominal amount in general.

    • @samaval9920
      @samaval9920 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jakethomas1829Ws the book title says The Best Democracy
      that Money Can Buy!

    • @samaval9920
      @samaval9920 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Author- Greg Palast.

    • @happyappy19931
      @happyappy19931 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Corporatism. That’s different.

  • @user-xm7hx3dv6z
    @user-xm7hx3dv6z 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Ronald Reagan put tariffs and also pushed Plaza Accord on Japan for resolving US trade deficit. This reduced the value of U.S dollar Japan earned into less than a half of its former value.

  • @preemptivekicks1355
    @preemptivekicks1355 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks Ben and Radhika

  • @DF-dd5nf
    @DF-dd5nf หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very interesting video. We are lucky to have this channel.

  • @Kuleto
    @Kuleto หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you ❤

  • @emmanuel5332
    @emmanuel5332 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Brilliant. Excellent discussion.

  • @mrytiwnjay625
    @mrytiwnjay625 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank for Radhika, is difficult to found a research that focuses on the Roots of the system and problems of Vampirism Corporate without a conciencios investments

  • @SBwj1gr
    @SBwj1gr หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks!

  • @denarjan
    @denarjan หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great talk, but a few points of modification I think are needed.
    I'd argue violence in many forms from slavery to workers rights attacks, safety and representation, to repression of freedom of speech and thought, the ability to have fair acces to the use of the judicial system or have it restricted by lack of resources or representation of you class, to armies to facilitate extraction abroad and the preservation of the state, these all can contribute or detract from the value created in a society.
    Ben made the point of a highly educated person sweeping floors being productivity and wealth destruction, but I'd argue that the same applies to many more fields. I heard John Ralston Saul mention once in a talk that he was warned by some short remark, hi to all listeners by a diplomat, that I'd be wise to not reveal to much on a certain zoom talk. So the NSA listening in, was directly causing self censorship, and when talking about a future politically sensitive book publication, thus directly causing economic and wealth harm. This might seem trivial, but such things compound till the point you have to start building walls to keep people in, which would represent complete collapse of wealth creation.
    Racism destroys wealth (*) , Top Chinese scientists at US companies and universities are resigning their posts and returning to China.
    Healthcare is off course and obvious and discussed although not taken seriously, part of society where there is wealth and income destruction. But it is not alone, the Corporate Media, the culture it spreads might heighten desire to earn and spend more, but it discourages serious political debate, and plunges people into chaos and depression to the point of dis-functionality, and destroys wealth.
    On the other side something which may or may not even be very capitalist or socialist driven is that knowledge itself is a huge driver of wealth generation. It allows more options.
    I came across an article once and because my girlfriend is a translator sort of made a mental note of it, it discussed a phenomenon named by the author The vocabulary Explosion, I haven'tbeen able to find it again, but anyway, the jest, at the time of William Shakespeare there were an estimated 14.000 words in the English language, in 1850 something like 40.000, now 180.000 - 1 million.
    This very clearly to me represents the complexity of a society, my argument to her was that Pilgrims in medieval times likely were more multilingual simple because the languages were proportionally much smaller. And well teasing a bit the original latin as spoken by Julius Ceasar was probably limited to just 3 - 5.000 words.
    This has off course been going on from well before there was even the concept of Capitalism.
    And points to the fabulous wealth creation by education itself.
    (*) th-cam.com/video/QR2tk9TcsDM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=eiIWdOSxx9g9Mx_I

  • @longyou8254
    @longyou8254 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thx for the update

  • @bonniepannell9722
    @bonniepannell9722 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I am deeply grateful to have come across the Geopolitical Economy channel. You have helped me to make sense of my limited knowledge and given me the desire to learn more and to not go back to sleep. Thank you.

  • @07wrxtr1
    @07wrxtr1 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Question: Why can’t the states revoke corporate charter agreements as a means to enforce rules to help the working class?

  • @lesliewillis2482
    @lesliewillis2482 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The corporations are global and they are calling the shots in US and in many places around the world. Countries are tied to each other and have become quite interdependent. This is how I think of globalization. This is the environment I think we have to consider when we make assessments about reality today.

  • @mariocamoes401
    @mariocamoes401 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This channel is so important. Thank you so much and keep up the good work! Our world needs more ot this!

  • @glynnismacpherson504
    @glynnismacpherson504 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thankyou Ben and Radika 🌿

  • @chaunceybutler3814
    @chaunceybutler3814 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Same thing happen in UK with historic tax breaks for corporations not mentioned by new admin who make up shortfall on pensioners backs.

  • @pizza_mana
    @pizza_mana หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video. Thank you!

  • @CynthiePompey9999
    @CynthiePompey9999 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Everyone will talk but no one will make a change. No hope.

  • @SouthsideMike-1226
    @SouthsideMike-1226 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    America in obvious decline

  • @AshleyMcIntosh-zz7kr
    @AshleyMcIntosh-zz7kr หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent , both of you.

  • @thirzel
    @thirzel 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you very much for the book.

  • @billmarrufo
    @billmarrufo 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    "The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism-ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power".
    April 29, 1938, Franklin D. Roosevelt

  • @christinecoughlan4699
    @christinecoughlan4699 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for the TRUTH .

  • @hothandzz
    @hothandzz 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank you this was powerful

  • @touchofclassfun6984
    @touchofclassfun6984 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    The dark side of Capitalism indeed !

    • @jakethomas1829
      @jakethomas1829 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Crapitalism

    • @tonytitado6478
      @tonytitado6478 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Capitalism is all dark!

    • @happyappy19931
      @happyappy19931 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tonytitado6478 What does that even mean? Capitalism lifts people out of poverty.

    • @borginburkes1819
      @borginburkes1819 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@happyappy19931except it literally doesn’t. It forces people to stay in poverty while the rich get richer

    • @happyappy19931
      @happyappy19931 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@borginburkes1819 It did for me, and I’m from Appalachia. 🤷🏼‍♀️

  • @stevefrancis4949
    @stevefrancis4949 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You should all watch Gary's economics on TH-cam. He shows the truth about the economy

  • @the1984aritra
    @the1984aritra หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful discussion ❤

  • @clumsytriangle2436
    @clumsytriangle2436 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I'm so happy i chose China as my country to work in when i decided to leave my home country 11 years ago. Something in my fate sent me to the right place for these historic times we are living through.

    • @AJayZy
      @AJayZy หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Is this CCP propaganda?

  • @GreaterGood2024
    @GreaterGood2024 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Planting your own food and medicine is like printing your own money

  • @dazzledch3mist864
    @dazzledch3mist864 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great insights, thank you!

  • @hermitthefrog8951
    @hermitthefrog8951 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Wounded power is a very dangerous animal.....

  • @TJ-Judge
    @TJ-Judge หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We are all living in a dystopian corpocracy

  • @e.l.6092
    @e.l.6092 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great show! 😃👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @ChristineCircelli-go2yw
    @ChristineCircelli-go2yw 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you.

  • @abody499
    @abody499 หลายเดือนก่อน

    24:04 key key point in the context of free money for the city, aka QE. there are many ways to deploy said free money as tools for large scale scalping and wealth extraction in general.

  • @jonc6463
    @jonc6463 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you both for your discussion on neoliberalism. God help us all.

  • @CesarNostradamus-wj9uq
    @CesarNostradamus-wj9uq 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The Greenspan put was a monetary policy response to financial crises that Alan Greenspan, former chair of the Federal Reserve, exercised beginning with the crash of 1987.[1][2][3] Successful in addressing various crises, it became controversial as it led to periods of extreme speculation led by Wall Street investment banks overusing the put's repurchase agreements (or indirect quantitative easing) and creating successive asset price bubbles.[1][4] The banks so overused Greenspan's tools that their compromised solvency in the global financial crisis of 2007-2008 required Fed chair Ben Bernanke to use direct quantitative easing (the Bernanke put).[1][5][6] The term Yellen put was used to refer to Fed chair Janet Yellen's policy of perpetual monetary looseness (i.e. low interest rates and continual quantitative easing).

  • @MycolOG
    @MycolOG 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Workers of the world, unite

  • @Msparx187
    @Msparx187 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ben🦉 you Are one of the Very best you explain things so clearly 💯

  • @ArbabAkram-ew1np
    @ArbabAkram-ew1np 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Modren day modle of East India Co. Very successful in colonial monpolstic economics and now applied globally. Corporate takeover.

  • @Kimberly_Chappell
    @Kimberly_Chappell หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This makes me think of Gavin Newson and his folks dining at the French Laundry when everybody else in the world was under quarantine. That was about the same time he was getting huge PPP loans for his winery etc. while old people and children alike were piled up in hospitals suffocating on their own mucus. 🤷🏻 🎉 🎉

  • @user-vc2oy8bw3t
    @user-vc2oy8bw3t หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    00:02 Corporate social responsibility is often a facade for profit-driven actions.
    02:23 Neoliberalism promotes market fundamentalism and favors big corporations over workers
    07:41 Neoliberalism is not about free markets.
    10:01 Shift from neoliberalism to globalization in 1990s
    14:55 Massive wealth concentration among the richest 1% in Western countries
    17:22 Neoliberal policies favored core capitalist countries over peripheral countries
    21:24 Big corporations control the money flow
    23:25 Federal Reserve's massive money creation impacts rich people's wealth
    27:35 Neoliberalism evolved post 2008 crisis
    29:53 Pseudo Civic Neoliberalism is a deceptive attempt by capitalists to portray capitalism as being civic.
    33:49 Big corporations use pseudo-civic neoliberalism to serve their financial interests.
    35:47 Big corporations oppose socialism and conflate it with far-right ideologies.
    40:00 Neoliberalism has weakened the left and led to the rise of pseudo-Civic neoliberalism.
    42:12 Globalization is a key aspect of neoliberalism affecting global economies
    46:13 Foreign direct investment is minimal in most countries
    48:18 Productive investments remain within First World countries
    52:26 Return of industrial policy challenging neoliberal Dogma
    54:30 Ross Perot criticized free trade and called for protectionism and industrial policy.
    58:42 Neoliberal financialized capitalism allows capitals to control states.
    1:00:36 Chinese socialist system invests in public goods to lower production costs
    1:04:39 Capitalism is past its prime and needs significant modification.
    1:06:40 Organization of the forces of socialism is crucial to address discontent in capitalism.
    Crafted by Merlin AI.

  • @mikekok
    @mikekok 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A 5 stars discussion on neo liberalism in the West

  • @ryanchicago6028
    @ryanchicago6028 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks very much.

  • @jimg1056
    @jimg1056 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting you are yet to touch on whats happening in Kenya right now. This channel is always upto date with such affairs