Yanis Varoufakis on the Economic Situation

The Dig

Daniel Denvir

News, Politics

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Dan's recent live event with Yanis Varoufakis on how 2020 revealed that 2008 had changed capitalism forever. Also: we had some pod feed issues last week. If you missed Dan's interview with brilliant organizers Andres Celin and Rapheal Randall—and this is a must-listen for everyone interested in organizing—check it out: www.thedigradio.com/podcast/organize-to-win-with-andres-celin-and-rapheal-randall/

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0:00.0	This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our listeners who support us at patreon.com and by haymarket books which has loads of great left-wing titles
0:10.3	perfect for dig listeners like you.
0:13.0	One that you might like is,
0:15.0	dying for an iPhone, Apple, FoxCon, and The Lives of China's Workers
0:21.0	by Jenny Chan, Poon Guy, and Mark Selden.
0:26.2	Suicides, excessive overtime, and hostility and violence
0:30.4	on the factory floor in China.
0:32.8	Drawing on vivid testimonies from rural migrant workers, student interns, managers, and
0:39.3	trade union staff, dying for an iPhone is a devastating expose of two of the world's most powerful
0:46.1	companies, FoxCon and Apple. As the leading manufacturer of iPhones, iPads, and Kindles, and employing 1 million workers in China alone.
0:58.0	Taiwanese invested FoxCon's drive to dominate global electronics manufacturing has aligned perfectly
1:05.1	with China's goal of becoming the world leader in technology. This book
1:09.9	reveals the human cost of that ambition and what our demands for the newest and best technology
1:16.8	mean for workers.
1:18.8	Dying for an iPhone, Apple, FoxCon, and the lives of China's workers, by Jenny Chan, Pungai, and Mark Selden.
1:29.6	Out now from Haymarket Books.
1:32.4	Plus, I interviewed Jenny Chan for the dig last year on
1:36.6	Chinese political economy and the state of the working class and all of that and I
1:41.9	will link to that interview in the show notes.
1:45.0	Welcome to the show notes.
1:47.0	Welcome to the Dig, a podcast from Jacobin magazine. My name is Daniel
1:58.8	Denver and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.
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