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Jacobin Show: Elites Are Lying About Inflation w/ Samir Sonti
Samir Sonti argues that the causes of current inflation are supply side issues and if the Fed chooses to fight it by raising interest rates, it will only hurt workers. Jen explores the world of "anticapitalist investing". Jared Abbott comes on to talk about what makes the US public transportation system exceptionally bad.
Samir Sonti's article in the latest issue: https://jacobin.com/2022/06/what-you-...
Jared Abbott's article: https://jacobin.com/2022/06/american-exceptionalism-off-the-rails
0:00 interview with Samir
21:12 Jen's segment on "anticapitalist investing"
27:21 interview with Jared
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The Jacobin Show offers socialist perspectives on class and capitalism in the twenty-first century, the failures of liberalism, and the prospects of rebuilding a left labor movement in the US. This is the podcast version of the show from June 8, 2022.
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