The Wall Street Journal says that Donald Trump's trade offensive threatens America's financial

primacy. Rising volatility and dollar weakness raise fears of a financial realignment away from

the United States. 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 Wilfe 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

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forward slash the socialist program. Richard Wolf is the co-founder of the organization Democracy at

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Democracy at Work.Info.

Professor Wolfe, welcome back.

Thank you very much, Brian.

Glad to be here.

Thank you so much.

Volatility, well, that would be an understatement.

Yesterday, the S&P 500, the Dow Jones, NASDAQ,

they all were like going into like 1932 kind of weather conditions.

As a matter of fact, the Wall Street Journal had another article entitled,

This is the worst April since 1932.

That's a pretty dramatic headline given

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