Donald Trump's nominee to run the Treasury Department is Scott Bessent.

He is a billionaire hedge fund manager.

We're going to talk about his plans for a, quote, global economic reordering.

Those are his words.

We need a new system.

We need a new society.

We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. We are excited to have Professor Richard Wolfe join us again for our regular weekly segment,

where we talk about the biggest stories related to the economy,

the state of the working class, and the crimes of big business.

I'm your host, Brian Becker.

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Professor Wolfe, welcome back.

Thank you, Brian.

Very glad to be here.

Well, I want to quote a little bit from the Wall Street Journal, Richard.

Scott Besson sees a coming global economic reordering.

He wants to be part of it. Well, I guess it's his plan. That's the headline, an inviting headline.

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