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How to Solve the Big Problems That Small Family Farms Are Facing

By Elizabeth Henderson

Earth • Food • Life

Understanding the Basics of 21st-Century Democracy, Autocracy, and Capitalism

By Richard D. Wolff

Independent Media Institute

Don’t Fall for the Fake Minimum Wage Debate

By Richard D. Wolff

Independent Media Institute

The Different Ways That the U.S. and Chinese Governments Use Their Power to Regulate Capitalism

By Richard D. Wolff

Independent Media Institute

The Truth About Markets, Pillar of Capitalist Ideology

By Richard D. Wolff

Independent Media Institute

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Nital Jethalal

Nital Jethalal is a policy analyst and economist.  He currently serves as strategist and policy advisor for the Plant Based Treaty and also oversees economics and policy research for Plant Based Data. Nital is also the president of  VegTO and a director at the Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank.

Alexander Zaitchik

Alexander Zaitchik is a writing fellow for the Economy for All project at the Independent Media Institute and a freelance journalist based in New Orleans. He is the author of several books, including Owning the Sun: A People’s History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19.

Richard D. Wolff

Richard D. Wolff is professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a visiting professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, in New York.

Elizabeth Henderson

Elizabeth Henderson is an organic farmer. She is the co-chair of the Interstate Council policy committee of the Northeast Organic Farming Association and represents the Interstate Council on the Board of the Agricultural Justice Project.

Michael Hudson

Michael Hudson has devoted his career to the study of debt.