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#072 The Long Depression
After an unplanned hiatus, I am delighted to welcome back Michael Roberts to the show. Michael has a new book just out, called ‘The Long Depression: How it happened, why it happened, and what happens next’. We discuss the main thesis of the book - the idea of a long depression, the problems with Keynesian accounting identities, the hopes for a capitalist revival, and chances of a breakdown.
You can find Michael’s blog here:
https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/
You can buy his book here:
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/693-the-long-depression
The music on this episode was:
'The Order of the Pharaonic Jesters' by Sun Ra and his Arkestra
'From Alpha To Omega' by Whitney
Enjoy!