Episodes
Friday Jul 26, 2019
Economic Update - A Socialist Politician Wins
Friday Jul 26, 2019
Friday Jul 26, 2019
Depriving non-white students, fast food made worse for profit, Wayfair workers demand power, more scapegoating of immigrants, firms' promises of gain to workers from Trump 2017 tax cut proved false. Interview Lee Carter, elected socialist from 50th District to Virginia Legislature.
Friday Jul 19, 2019
Economic Update - Socialism and Worker Coops
Friday Jul 19, 2019
Friday Jul 19, 2019
20th century socialism is now behind us. Socialists continued to evaluate both its achievements and failures via extensive self-criticism. A changed socialism has emerged, focused on a transition of workplaces from top-down hierarchical capitalist structures into democratic worker cooperatives. The powerful appeal of worker coops as grounding a new 21st century socialism is presented.
Friday Jul 12, 2019
Economic Update - "Worker Coops Rising"
Friday Jul 12, 2019
Friday Jul 12, 2019
Updates on "regulatory capture" in the US vs EU, IMF report on the US economy today finds major negatives, and how Trump's desperation for re-election shapes his aggressive policies toward the Federal Reserve, China and Mexico. Interview with John Duda from the Democracy Collaborative and one of the founders of Red Emma's Booskstore Coffeehouse, a 30-member worker cooperative in Baltimore.
Friday Jul 05, 2019
Economic Update - Is US Capitalism in Decline
Friday Jul 05, 2019
Friday Jul 05, 2019
Updates on inequalities in pay for CEOs vs average workers; economics of mega-mergers; billionaires' idea of "charity;" economic consequences of attacking Huawei Corp; Bernie leads on two new bills in Congress to expand and provide loans to employee-owned businesses and worker coops. Interview Prof. Ric McIntyre on basic problems of US capitalism today.