Track Listing

1. The Real Market
2. The Massachusetts Example
3. Gringrich
4. The Reagan Legacy
5. The Washington Consensus
6. The Pentagon System
7. Crime And Punishment
8. Chain Gangs
9. Prison Labor
10. Devolution
11. Reform
12. Subsidies
13. Taxes
14. Deregulation
15. State Criminal Behavior
16. Economic Miracles
17. Property Rights
18. Trade Myths
19. Democracy And Free Markets
20. Entrepreneurial Values
21. Mysterious Wisdom Of The Market
22. Grand Vision Of The Future
23. Role Of The Propaganda System
24. Corporate Feeding Frenzy
25. Downsizing
26. Class War
27. The Casino Economy
28. What We Can Do

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #239249 in Music
• Released on: 1999-12-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Album Description
Originally released by released by Allied Records & out of print for some time. Noam Chomsky is a long time political activist, writer & professor of Linguistics at MIT. This spoken word release focuses on changing the power structure of America. Bono of U2 called Chomsky the 'Elvis of academia'. 56 minutes/mono recording. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews

Find out why Capitalism isn't always good for folks
This is a great summation of thought on the American "ideal" of Capitalism. Mr. Chomsky says things so well and effortlessly that you drink in the information in gulps. He simplifies and exposes the political system that has used Capitalism to keep people happy and oblivious. His ideas are intense and powerful but easy to grasp and see. You actually see how things like the defense industry; unions and laws have been used to turn America's "Capitalism" into a tool of power and corruption.

This is a great introduction to the issue of how the American Government and Corporations have teamed up to use the working class of the USA and other countries. The economy does "well" which makes it possible for the "haves" to get more of what the "have-nots" don't have.

great lecture, quality issues are overplayed
there are some complaints here about the quality of the recording... well, it's a lecture for crying out loud. this isn't a live recording of music where recording quality complaints would be very reasonable. is the quality good enough to hear mr. chomsky? certainly. in fact, the recording sounds like what you'd expect to hear if you attended a lecture. so it's not a soundboard recording... big deal. as for the actual content of the cd, this is chomsky at his eye opening best. it helps to have a good base in chomsky theories & recent american history, as not all is explained in detail. but overall the lecture is very accessible. surely there is something here to get anyone with an open mind thinking about capitalism & the US role in the world.

10 yrs on, Chomsky 100% Relevant to today's Financial Collapse
When this CD was recorded (in 1997!) there was no way for Noam Chomsky to know how economist Milton Friedman's Laissez-faire ideology on financial markets (as adopted by Ronald Reagan from 1980 going forward) would fail by 2009, and lead to complete financial collapse in global markets. All of Chomsky's 1997 commentary here on so-called free markets for the masses - with a nanny "bail-out" state for the rich - is so prescient as to be uncanny. Chomsky's 'old' material is like a ten year audio road map to the present and how/why we are burdened with a failed economy today. Chomsky's eleven-year old observations on "free markets" are so precise, this material is actually far more relevant today than it was in 1997! Trying to find the right adjectives here, Noam Chomsky proves again that he is truly an astounding intellect, and one of the profound commentators of our time. Five stars.