A new inflation report shows that housing costs continue to spike, increasing 6% triple the Federal Reserve

target.

As the Biden administration tries to sell the narrative of a booming economy, especially for

working people, it only gets harder and harder for workers to make ends meet.

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.

Thank you. but an imperative necessity. We are excited to have Professor 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.

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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 dot com.

Richard, welcome back.

Thank you, Brian.

Glad to be here.

Richard, apparently, if one reads the big business media, the capitalist media, the corporate

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