[Peace] ** Economics of the Madhouse - Monday - November 3rd **

[Jesse Phillippe]

* Ec**onomics of the Madhouse: Capitalism and the Freemarket Meltdown
**Monday, November 3 at 7pm, Greg 311/UIUC*

*featuring Joel Geier*

*A few weeks ago, bankers and politicians reassured us that the turmoil on
Wall Street could be contained without damaging the underlying economy. Now,
as the Washington Post noted recently, "The worst financial crisis since the
Great Depression is claiming another casualty: American-style capitalism."*

Suddenly, three decades of pro-market, neoliberal ideology have been
shattered as the U.S. government carries out its greatest intervention in
the economy since the Great Depression of the 1930s, including the partial
nationalization of the banking system. The crisis marks an epochal
shift--one that will transform U.S. society and politics in the months and
years ahead.

As the economy worsens, tens of millions of working people and students are
rightly worried about their future. How bad will it get? Are we looking at a
rerun of the 1930s depression?

Come to this lecture and discussion on why we need an alternative to the
corrupt and chaotic system of capitalism--an alternative based on the
democratic control of the economy based
on meeting human needs.

Watch Joel Geier speak on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_CusOPGo8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg7PmkWONfc<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg7PmkWONfc>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKnSvWd_PtA
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