Episodes
Tuesday Aug 27, 2013
Economic Update - Economics and Health - 08/27/13
Tuesday Aug 27, 2013
Tuesday Aug 27, 2013
Update on intern's death in London, austerity and suicide, over-prescribing anti-depressants, cutting health benefits, and laying off mortgage workers at Wells Fargo. Major discussions of the economics of the richest 1% and their relation to the Democratic Party in the US. Continuing response to listeners on defining capitalism and Black Star workers coop (brewpub) in Austin, Texas.
Tuesday Aug 20, 2013
Economic Update - 08/20/13
Tuesday Aug 20, 2013
Tuesday Aug 20, 2013
Updates on Social Security, real wage decline, part-time work, political mavericks and others, subsidy for Walmart. Interview with Laura Gottesdeiner on foreclosure epidemic. Response to listeners on demographic change and economics.
Tuesday Aug 06, 2013
Economic Update - 08/06/13
Tuesday Aug 06, 2013
Tuesday Aug 06, 2013
Updates on latest US GDP growth, corporate guilty pleas in Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, "economic insecurity" in US, Detroit's new sports arena and Prince William's paid paternity leave. Major discussions of US disposable income drop, banks deny 10 million checking accounts, and remarkably favorable polling numbers for labor unions. Response to listeners on sources of capital for worker coops.