Episodes
Sunday Dec 27, 2015
Economic Update – Capitalism and/or Socialism – 12.27.15
Sunday Dec 27, 2015
Sunday Dec 27, 2015
Updates on Spain's new left government, no NFL money for concussion research, Harvard runs like a business, Fresno research proves widespread hunger. Responses to questions on why corps buyback own shares and why the "new" gig economy is not new. Major topic: comparing old socialism (govt intervenes in econ) to new socialism (democratizing the enterprise).
Sunday Dec 20, 2015
Economic Update – Economic Lessons from 2015 – 12.20.15
Sunday Dec 20, 2015
Sunday Dec 20, 2015
Updates on FED's interest rate hike, Peter Drucker on "like a business," gun business, and oil economics. Response to question on whether it is China that is slowing the world economy. Major discussion of Greek and Spanish austerity politics and how major oil, banking and auto corporations proved why we can and must do better than capitalism
Sunday Dec 13, 2015
Economic Update – Transcending Capitalism – 12.13.15
Sunday Dec 13, 2015
Sunday Dec 13, 2015
Updates on denying bailout for Puerto Rico and gross wealth inequality in US and Wisconsin. Response to listeners on guns and the capitalist profit motive. Interview with Prof. Cathy Mulder on transcending capitalism via worker cooperatives.
Sunday Dec 06, 2015
Economic Update – Austerity's Social Costs – 12.06.15
Sunday Dec 06, 2015
Sunday Dec 06, 2015
Updates on Portugal joins Greece against austerity, US austerity especially in Puerto Rico and Illinois, useless laws for banks, words not action in Paris. Major discussions of Thanksgiving economics, Germany and refugees, France and terrorism, US airlines cheat for profits.