Soaring Rents Lead to New Housing Crisis

<p>Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff continue a &nbsp;discussion on the Marxist understanding of the housing market, today &nbsp;focusing on the system of rent and the current crisis resulting from &nbsp;soaring rents. Today's episode is also part of a series of discussions &nbsp;about the basics of Marxism — a method for understanding and changing &nbsp;the world used by many of the great revolutionaries of modern history.</p> <p>Richard &nbsp;Wolff is the co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work and the &nbsp;author of many books, the latest being “The Sickness is the System: When &nbsp;Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself”. You can check &nbsp;out his work at rdwolff.com.</p> <p>Please make an urgently-needed contribution to The Socialist Program by joining our Patreon community at <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpatreon.com%2Fthesocialistprogram&amp;token=aa62a3-1-1626263365292" rel="nofollow ugc" target="_blank" title="http://patreon.com/thesocialistprogram">patreon.com/thesocialistprogram</a>. &nbsp;We rely on the generous support of our listeners to keep bringing you &nbsp;consistent, high-quality shows. All Patreon donors of $5 a month or more &nbsp;are invited to join the monthly Q&amp;A seminar with Brian.</p>