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  • The Economy from 2017 to 2018
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    Updates on net neutrality, workplace sexual harassment, bitcoin, worsening global inequality, Europe's recovery and instability, and using prison labor to fight fires. Major discussions of consumerism, gathering revolt against capitalism, and the economics of alternative populisms.
    Hosted by Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff
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    1 hr
  • Economic Update – December 1, 2017
    After Uber got hacked, 57 million costumers and drivers' information has been compromised for a year; and Stephanie Kelton, former advisor to the Bernie Sanders campaign, on the current state of the economy.
    Hosted by Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff.
    1 hr
  • Socialism of the Past, Present and Future
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    This week's episode discusses critiques of Uber and the gig economy; how Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson endorses inequality; Norway paying male and female athletes same; corporations buying back their own shares; the deaths of overworked Japanese people; how 10 percent of New York schoolchildren are homeless; and how a majority of US corporations already pay much below official 35% tax rate. This episode also includes a discussion on the changing economics of socialism.
    With Host Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff.
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    1 hr