This video traces a critique of digital modernity through three Zero Books titles: Capitalist Realism, Babbling Corpse, and Ghosts of My Life. In it we also consider how the sometimes conservative and sometimes radical critic Christopher Lasch offered a similar critique back in the 20th century and attempt to understand what some centrist democrats are calling the Alt-Left. Capitalist Realism http://www.zero-books.net/books/capitalist-realism Babbling Corpse http://www.zero-books.net/books/babbling-corpse Ghosts of My Life http://www.zero-books.net/books/ghosts-my-life ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOVsbxfxFYA

In recent months, there has emerged a narrative that has sought to frame Joe Biden’s presidency as a revival of FDR New Dealism. To what extent is this narrative realistic? Is Joe Biden really a deviation from the neoliberal economic order that has defined the “50 year counterrevolution”? Or is such talk merely a DC beltway branding exercise? About Dr. Jack Rasmus: Rasmus can address the news issues revolving around the global recession and U.S. financial crisis, current economic and political policies of corporate America, and the causes and consequences of growing income inequality. He teaches courses on Contemporary Economic Policy Analysis, Economic Thought, U.S. Economic History and Labor Economics A former journalist, Rasmus has served as an economist and analyst for several global companies and has roots in the labor movement; he was a local union president, business representative, contract negotiator, and organizer for several labor unions. Jackrasmus.com Asatar Bair: Asatar Bair (Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst) has taught economics since 2001, at RCC and City College of San Francisco. He has worked as Executive Director of a non-profit. His focus is political economy; he has written a book entitled “Prison Labor in the US: An Economic Analysis,” (Routledge, 2008) and has contributed some 200 articles on the US economy to Austria’s financial weekly The Boursen-Kourier. Thank you, guys, again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and every one of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH! Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents? Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, (specially YouTube!) THANKS Y'ALL YouTube: www.youtube.com/thisisrevolutionpodcast Twitch: www.twitch.tv/thisisrevolutionpodcast www.twitch.tv/leftflankvets Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/ Twitter: @TIRShowOakland Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland The Dispatch on Zero Books (video essay series): https://youtu.be/nSTpCvIoRgw Medium: https://jasonmyles.medium.com/kill-the-poor-f9d8c10bc33d Pascal Robert's Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/author/PascalRobert Get THIS IS REVOLUTION Merch here: www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com Get the music from the show here: https://bitterlakeoakland.bandcamp.com/album/coronavirus-sessions Powered by Restream https://restream.io/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiMq5P80fsA