Economic Update

Economic Update - Big Changes Coming - 09/10/14

Updates on food insecurity, oil disaster economics, politicos go to Wall Street, billionaires buy homes, education In UK and US sustains elites. Major discussions of (1) employers' movement for a 4-day workweek, and (2) history of socialism vs capitalism (part 1 with part 2 next week) which was also response to many listeners' questions.

Economic Update - Corporate Economics - 09/03/14

Updates on Burger King, French socialism, cell phone overcharging, Bank of America's fine. Major topics: advertising industry and once more on no recovery. Responses on Michigan teachers union fight, poor still kept out of US top colleges, corporate stock buybacks.

Economic Update - From Ferguson to Retirement Crisis - 08/27/14

Updates on govt. housing for Johnny Cash, inequality and growth, economic lessons from Ferguson. Interview on Retirement Crisis in US with Prof. James Russell. Responses to questions: (1) how government subsidizes Walmart (with Food Stamps plus....), and (2) economics of advertising.

Economic Update - Economics of Republicans and Democrats - 08/13/14

Updates on Pentagon's overpayments, mortgages tilt toward the rich, sub-prime car loan bubble, silence about intangible property tax. Major discussions: the economic organizations of Republican and Democratic Parties and more on socialism and Marx. Response to listeners on (1) clawing back public benefits to private corporations, and (2) using public assets to cover state budget deficits.

Economic Update - Psychology and Economic Decline - 08/06/14

Updates on fast food workers, GDP data, Salt Lake City dailies, bathroom breaks. Interview with Dr Harriet Fraad, mental health counsellor. Replies on FDR vs Obama and on how to counter corporate threats.

Economic Update - Private Profit vs Social Benefit - 07/30/14

Updates on my Bill Maher appearance, the Arizona execution, direct actions in Seattle and in New England (market basket stores), Derek Jeter tickets, and Chinese meat scandal. Major discussions of Obama's low polls, the changing meaning of socialism, and differences between private profit and social well-being. Response to listeners on auto and beef industries, credit unions, and bullies.

Economic Update - Economic Realities - 07/23/14

Updates on big bank fines, Tracy Morgan sues Walmart, highway trust and taxes, extreme wealth inequality in the Hamptons. Major discussions of workers self-directed enterprises and Oxfam's data on extreme global wealth inequality. Response to listeners on relation of wages to prices and on economic "value" of solar, wind and green energy vs coal, oil, gas and nuclear.

Economic Update - Banks and Other Outrages - 07/16/14

Updates on minimum wages in Europe vs US,  richest US families, and economics of immigration. Interview with Tom Sgouros on broken banking system. Response to listeners on overpaid CEOs.

Economic Update - It's the System - 07/09/14

Updates on vaccine price gouging, Canadian corporate misdeeds, Mass nurses fight inequality, Denmark's greater equality, Argentina as hedge fund hostage, and Gov Christie bombs again.

Major issues: GM scandals, US household wealth keeps declining, and US corps evade taxes.

Responses to listeners on Chinese food imports and Supreme Court decisions.

Economic Update - Analyzing Incarceration - 07/02/14

Updates on health economics, Mississippi political lessons, and whats wrong with a Harvard economist. Interview with Victor Wallis, on economics and politics of US prisons. Response to questions about: gender wage gap, real estate bubbles, and the "ultra richer" except in Latin America