Working class parents across the country are scrambling to find one of the most essential goods on the market formula for their babies.

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're 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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to become a patron today if you enjoy listening to this show. Richard Wolfe is the co-founder

of the organization Democracy at Work. He's the author of many books. The latest being

The Sickness is the system when capitalism fails to

save us from pandemics or itself. There's a new hard copy edition of Professor Wolp's book

Understanding Marxism. It's been released recently. It features a new, lengthy introduction which

strengthens the case for why Marxism is worth understanding. You can check

out all of his work at R.D. Wolf.com. That's R.D.W.O.F.F.com. Professor Wolf, welcome back.

Thank you, Brian. Glad to be here. I'm looking at Fortune Magazine, Professor Wolf.

America is running out of baby formula because three companies control the market and babies

aren't that profitable. I thought like, okay, let's get started there. That's a perfect headline

for Fortune magazine and And in a way,

very insightful in terms of what this actual problem is. I'll just get you, your first reactions to

the presentation by Fortune magazine. And then as we go forward, I want to go through some more

of the details about why this crisis

is happening in the richest country in the world where parents are spending days and days and

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