Episodes
Sunday Apr 29, 2018
Economic Update - Employees vs Employers: Endless Tensions - 04.29.18
Sunday Apr 29, 2018
Sunday Apr 29, 2018
Updates on German workers who elect almost half of corporate boards of directors, major US corporations with negative tax rates, Kentucky governor maneuvers against black-lung victims, involuntary part-time employment, epidemic of US evictions, and dangerous long-term use of anti-depressant drugs. Major discussions of economics of socialism and of phony claims of 'no money' by state leaders (example: Connecticut).
Sunday Apr 22, 2018
Economic Update - Why People Struggle With The System - 04.22.18
Sunday Apr 22, 2018
Sunday Apr 22, 2018
"Updates on teachers' strikes, capitalism abuses facebook, colleges reward privilege and reproduce it, Shell Oil knew about fossil fuels and global warming for last 50 years, UK housing size shrinks, Sinclair Broadcasting traps employees, US anti-depressant epidemic. Interview Rob Robinson: continuing discussion of water as human right vs for profit: how people fight and win."
Sunday Apr 15, 2018
Economic Update - Distorting Economic Truths - 04.15.18
Sunday Apr 15, 2018
Sunday Apr 15, 2018
Updates on labor strikes at Disney, home sales and prices drop sharply, Nestle profits by privatizing water, hurting the post office profits UPS and FedEx, Larry Summers wrong on taxing soda, more costs of the VW emissions scandal, the economic costs of sexual harassment. Interview with Julianna Forlano, journalist and comedian on 'being funny in times like these'.
Sunday Apr 08, 2018
Economic Update - Winds of System Change - 04.08.18
Sunday Apr 08, 2018
Sunday Apr 08, 2018
Updates on big French strikes protect workers' gains; rising sub-prime loans, students pay more as states do less for public tuition costs; West Virginia teachers strikes inspire same in Oklahoma, Arizona and Kentucky; US poverty worse than other nations, Prof. Perotin finds worker coops superior to capitalist enterprises; and high tariffs on imported trucks created high prices, profits of US truck industry. Interview Dr. Harriet Fraad on Stormy Daniels as part of "winds of change" rising in America.
Sunday Apr 01, 2018
Economic Update - Resistance Economics - 04.01.18
Sunday Apr 01, 2018
Sunday Apr 01, 2018
Updates on NRA economics, anti-Chinese tariffs, BMW emissions cheating, Brexit's lesson, IBM dumps older workers, Tennessee teachers fight and win, CBO reports US income inequality deepening even counting welfare etc. Interview Prof. Ian Seda-Irizarry on "heterodox" economics at City University of New York.