What is the historic framework of the crisis? ● How is the crisis intrinsically related to structural failures with American-style capitalism itself? ● Why will “bailouts,” stimulus packages, and market regulation fail to address the real causes? ● What is to be done? What are the alternatives?

“With unerring coherence and unequaled breadth of knowledge, Rick Wolff offers a rich and much-needed corrective to the views of mainstream economists and pundits. It would be difficult to come away with anything but an acute appreciation of what is needed to get us out of this mess.” --Stanley Aronowitz, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Urban Education, City University

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2
TWO PROVIDENCE ENGAGEMENTS!
12:30 PM
Gaige Auditorium (Main Quadrangle) Rhode Island College
RIPTA 26/55
Part of the RIC Lecture Series in conjunction with the Departments of History, Modern Languages, Educational Studies, Political Science, and Sociology. Additional support from the David E. Sweet Center for Public Policy, the Environmental Club, the Latin American Student
Organization (LASO), the Rainbow Alliance, Advanced Learning and Leadership Initiative for Educational Diversity (ALLIED), Women of Color, and the International Socialist Organization (ISO).

7:00 PM
List Art Building 120 (Near College & Prospect) Brown University
RIPTA 35/40/42
Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization (ISO). Additional support from the RI Mobilization Committee to Stop War and Occupation (RIMC).