About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of the Trump administration's leniency towards corporate drug traffickers compared to the harsh treatment of working-class individuals in the criminal justice system.

The Trump administration is catalyzing a longtime trend in the US where corporate criminals get a fine or nothing, while almost two million working class people sit behind bars. Professor Richard Wolff and producer Nicole Roussell discuss what this shows about the nature of the capitalist system and why we need socialism. Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com . Join the The Socialist Program community at http://www.patreon.com/thesocialistprogram to get exclusive content and help keep this show on the air.

People in this episode

Host: Nicole Roussell

Guest: Richard Wolff

Topics covered

• corporate crime
• drug trafficking
• capitalism
• socialism
• criminal justice
• working class

Keywords

• Trump administration
• corporate drug traffickers
• capitalist system
• socialism
• working class
• criminal justice reform

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Democracy at Work, The Socialist Program

Places: US

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