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Theory Video: Bubbles, Debt, and Recession - Robert Brenner (Patreon)

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2018-09-10 17:21:32

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2026-06

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For this week's theory video I've selected a short excerpt of a lecture by Robert Brenner. In this video, Robert Brenner talks about the structural causes of the Great Recession and the tactics that capitalists have used in the aftermath to suppress labor. His analysis goes beyond just the dollars and cents of the matter but on the changes in the strategy and wants of the capitalist class in general.

Robert Brenner is a professor at UCLA and is a member of the editorial committee at the New Left Review.

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Robert Brenner on the reasons for the Great Recession

In his comments Brenner presents his explanation for the crisis and his views on the political landscape in USA: Obama, the Democratic Party and the importance of the Occupy Wall Street. Brenner's intervetion is part of a debate on the crisis among historians: Uploaded on Dec 16, 2011 "A Defining Moment for Capitalism: Historians Reflect on the Economic Crisis": Joyce Appleby, Ivan Berend, Robert Brenner, Bin Wong, and Mary Yeager (moderator) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLy32CxI--o