US Economic Policy: What’s in Store for the 99% (Saturday Nov. 9th)

How are the billionaires multiplying and making profits world-wide, and on whose backs? What’s behind this so-called “recovery”? What can we expect in the near future – is the economy rushing toward a deeper crisis?

To change the world we first have to understand it. Come hear Jack Rasmus tell it like it is. There will be a short presentation followed by discussion and refreshments.

Saturday November 9th
Doors open at 6:30pm
South Berkeley Senior Center

2939 Ellis St, Berkeley, CA 94703
(Close to Ashby BART)
$5 admission – no one turned away for lack of funds

Jack Rasmus is a professor of economics and politics, host of the weekly radio show Alternative Visions, former union activist, and author of many articles and books, the latest of which is The Scourge of Neoliberalism: US Economic Policy from Reagan to Trump.

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