Jacobin Radio: James K. Galbraith and Aaron Benanav

Suzi talks to James K. Galbraith on the economic policies we need, and Aaron Benanav on the crisis of unemployment. James K Galbraith (https://lbj.utexas.edu/galbraith-james-k) responds to the multiple crises and challenges brought by the coronavirus pandemic, laying out the economic policy we need now, and the mobilization necessary (https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/economy-mobilization-coronavirus-market/) to get it. He proposes concrete measures, like a Health Finance Corporation, that could be an efficient one-stop shop for all the resources needed. We ask why the economy as currently organized has been unable to deal with the challenges of the pandemic. Galbraith's watchwords: solidarity, organization, and determination. Aaron Benanav (https://www.aaronbenanav.com/) writes about employment, especially the irregular, informal and precarious forms of employment — the ones that fall through the large holes in the shredded safety net. His article, “Crisis and Recovery (https://phenomenalworld.org/analysis/crisis-and-recovery)” looks at the cataclysmic economic crisis unfolding in tandem with the public health crisis. We get his findings.