Episodes
Sunday May 27, 2018
Economic Update - An Unsustainable System - 05.27.18
Sunday May 27, 2018
Sunday May 27, 2018
Updates on decline of cities/private cities, freelancers' economy, why legalize sports betting now, Fiat-Chrysler-Porsche added to emissions cheating scandal, new federal jobs guarantee, Catholic University attacks tenure. Interview with Chris Hedges on unsustainable US system.
Sunday May 20, 2018
Economic Update - Another 'Gilded Age - 05.20.18
Sunday May 20, 2018
Sunday May 20, 2018
Updates on Theranos bankruptcy and workers' risks, our second "gilded age," mortgage lenders turn to rich borrowers, Trump on drug prices is just rhetoric, economic effects of breaking Iran treaty. Interview with Prof Miguel Robles-Duran on gentrification and crisis of cities.
Sunday May 13, 2018
Economic Update - Capitalism Provokes Workers - 05.13.18
Sunday May 13, 2018
Sunday May 13, 2018
Updates on Univ of California workers' strikes, privatizing fire departments, big money buys academia, fast-food workers unionize, the capitalism-loneliness-scapegoating links, Hillary Clinton pro-capitalist/anti-socialist, VW CEO is not the problem: system is. Interview with Dr. Harriet Fraad on capitalism's destruction of the family and "family values".
Sunday May 06, 2018
Economic Update - Socialism: Past, Present, Future - 05.06.18
Sunday May 06, 2018
Sunday May 06, 2018
Updates on critique of Uber and gig economy; WI Sen Johnson endorses inequality; Norway to pay male and female athletes same; corporations buy back their own shares; deaths of overworked Japanese; 10% NY school kids homeless; and majority of major US corporations already pay much below official 35% tax rate. Major discussion of changing economics of socialism.