| Time: | 7:00 pm |
| Date: | Thursday, August 18th |
| Venue: | Rochester Community Television |
| 21 Gorham Street, Rochester NY 14605 |
The economic crisis that erupted in 2008 rocked the foundations of the world economy, sending thousands of banks and corporations out of business and even bankrupting entire countries, Greece and Spain being the latest. It also exposed the “Washington Consensus”, the ideology that the unregulated free market should rein supreme, as an utter disaster for humanity. Just under the surface of soaring corporate profits and a privatization bonanza, lurked unbridled greed corruption, and utter inequality.
As Noam Chomksy said, “the principle of really existing free market theory is: free markets are fine for you, but not for me.” And in this spirit, we, the working class, the ones most affected by the economic crisis, are being forced to pay for the failures of the banksters and corporate crooks. Instead of taxing the rich and the massive profits Wall St. made off the crisis (thanks to the public bailout with tax payer money) our government and governments across Europe are laying off workers, cutting social services, and stealing the retirements of a whole generation of workers.
Join us for a discussion on the myths of the free market ideologues and how we can fight for a better, more rational world.
| Time: | 7:00 pm |
| Date: | Thursday, August 18th |
| Venue: | Rochester Community Television |
| 21 Gorham Street, Rochester NY 14605 |
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