China, an alternative to capitalism | with Clara Mattei【Roughly Chinese EP28】

Is China an alternative to capitalism? Economist Clara Mattei, author of The Capital Order and Escape from Capitalism, professor of economics at The University of Tulsa, and a co-founder of FREE (Forum for Real Economic Emancipation), joins Roughly Chinese to discuss austerity, wage labor, market dependence, and the political control of capital. From the United States to China, we ask why capitalist societies treat the economy as inevitable—and whether China shows that another logic of development is possible. 00:00 – 03:10: intro 03:10 – 08:52: why Clara started Forum for Real Economic Emancipation 08:52 – 15:30: why austerity is a tool to maintain capitalism, not to generate growth? 15:30 – 23:47: what does an alternative to capitalism look like? 23:47 – 40:05: is China is an actual existing alternative to capitalism? 40:05 – 43:59: how is Chinese economy tied to Chinese politics? 43:59 – 49:25: why the “golden age of capitalism” is not an aspiration? 49:25 – 52:24: what does the China alternative offer to the global south? For more news and stories about China, pls visit: https://thechinaacademy.org/ For podcast, search Wave Media wherever you get your podcast! For China travel, pls visit: https://chinanotjusttravel.com/ Prof. Clara Mattei's FREE: https://www.freefreeforum.org #china #capitalism #roughlychinese