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David Graeber says how the only thing nice thing Trump has done is try to make peace with Russia, but the liberal press attack him on that. Ann Pettifore seems to be a Corbyn supporter, superb!
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David Graeber says how he would go to parties and ask people what job they did, but many said, nothing, really. When he pressed them they said if their company took their job away it wouldn't make any difference. David Graeber researched this and found out that 37% of jobs are 'non jobs' in Europe. David Graemer has written a book on it. If we all had productive jobs, we could be on a 15 hour week.
David Graemer says how the left and right agree that we need more jobs, but the right's answer is to give more money to the rich, who create some new jobs, but giving the money to consumers would really create more jobs.
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As it’s the beginning of the year, we invited some friends of the show into the studio to discuss the mega trends that will affect the world over the next 12 months. To find out what will be hot and what will flop in 2018, host Ross Ashcroft is joined by economist Steve Keen, political economists Ann Pettifor and Robert Wade, and writer and anthropologist David Graeber.