Even as the U.S. government pursues a global effort to minimize China's role in the production of semiconductor chips,

the scale of China's capacity to produce is proving to be too big.

A draw for U.S.-based corporations is moving forward.

Is it really possible to ice out China on the global supply chain?

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.

Music but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. I'm We are very 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,

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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.

Be sure to 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. I'm glad to be here.

Last week, Richard, we mentioned to our audience that the U.S. had demanded that semiconductor chips be produced

in the United States at the same time as it was banning the interaction, the economic interaction

between various technology companies and Chinese firms and enterprises that relied on semiconductor chips.

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