Republican candidate Donald Trump hopes to take advantage of the ravage of inflation that's impacting working class families on his hoped for ride to the White House for a second term.

But what effect would his proposals actually have on working people's ability to afford the basic goods and services we actually rely on.

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 Wolf 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. The Socialist Program brings you content

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become a patron today. 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. You can check out all of his work at R.D.Wolf.com. That's

R-D-W-O-L-F-F.com. Professor Wolf, welcome back. Thank you, Brian. Glad to be here.

Thank you. Richard, yesterday in the New York Times, the headline of an article was called

Trump and Infl inflation. The former

president's second term agenda contains few policies that economists believe would reduce the rise

in prices. Now, that's the subhead. Now, Richard, you and I have been talking about the Biden

administration, and of course, Biden is at the helm of the capitalist government. We've been talking about the Biden administration, and of course, Biden is at the helm of the capitalist

government. We've been talking about inflation. Anyway, we've been hitting on Joe Biden quite a bit.

Let's take a break and hit on Donald Trump, because what Donald Trump is offering up is as much

of a fantasy and really ridiculous. And if anything, especially

his policies and positions on tariffs towards other countries, in particular China, the impact

will actually be higher prices. But that said, the impact of any president is quite limited when it comes to actual prices

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