What is with the spasm of corporate layoffs. It is happening everywhere from John Deere to Facebook. And those layoffs often come with buybacks of stock by the company followed by an uptick in the stock price. What’s going on?  Author and labor activist Les Leopold explains the growing corporate strategy of layoffs and stock buybacks to juice the stock price and pad their wallets with bonuses. Why does this happen? Why do we allow it? And what should we do about it? Les's book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wall-Streets-War-Workers-Destroying/dp/1645022331">Wall Street's War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do</a>, available now.

What is with the spasm of corporate layoffs. It is happening everywhere from John Deere to Facebook. And those layoffs often come with buybacks of stock by the company followed by an uptick in the stock price. What’s going on? Author and labor activist Les Leopold explains the growing corporate strategy of layoffs and stock buybacks to juice the stock price and pad their wallets with bonuses. Why does this happen? Why do we allow it? And what should we do about it? Les's book, Wall Street's War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do, available now.

What is with the spasm of corporate layoffs. It is happening everywhere from John Deere to Facebook. And those layoffs often come with buybacks of stock by the company followed by an uptick in the stock price. What’s going on?&nbsp; Author and labor activist Les Leopold explains the growing corporate strategy of layoffs and stock buybacks to juice the stock price and pad their wallets with bonuses. Why does this happen? Why do we allow it? And what should we do about it? Les's book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wall-Streets-War-Workers-Destroying/dp/1645022331" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wall Street's War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do</a>, available now.

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Conflict of Interest is a podcast about the world, through a discerning lens of journalism, politics and above all Vermont. Kevin Ellis goes against the grain of today’s politics and celebrity culture to talk about the massive change all around us and how the world actually works. You will hear from Kevin’s Vermont neighbors AND national voices on difficult issues. Vermont is becoming, or always has been, a place, a real place. We are not interested in the Vermont of the tourist guides. We are not going to talk to Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. We will talk to them about what it is like to sell the company and do something new - and the frustrations, fear and uncertainty that comes with changing your life. Part interview, part history lesson about stuff you won’t see or hear on CNN or NPR.

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Conflict of Interest is a podcast about the world, through a discerning lens of journalism, politics and above all Vermont. Kevin Ellis goes against the grain of today’s politics and celebrity culture to talk about the massive change all around us and how the world actually works. You will hear from Kevin’s Vermont neighbors AND national voices on difficult issues. Vermont is becoming, or always has been, a place, a real place. We are not interested in the Vermont of the tourist guides. We are not going to talk to Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. We will talk to them about what it is like to sell the company and do something new - and the frustrations, fear and uncertainty that comes with changing your life. Part interview, part history lesson about stuff you won’t see or hear on CNN or NPR.

Conflict of Interest is a&nbsp;podcast about the world, through a discerning lens of journalism, politics and above all Vermont. Kevin Ellis goes against the grain of today’s politics and celebrity culture to talk about the massive change all around us and how the world actually works. You will hear from Kevin’s Vermont neighbors AND national voices on difficult issues. Vermont is becoming, or always has been, a place, a real place. We are not interested in the Vermont of the tourist guides. We are not going to talk to Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. We will talk to them about what it is like to sell the company and do something new - and the frustrations, fear and uncertainty that comes with changing your life. Part interview, part history lesson about stuff you won’t see or hear on CNN or NPR.

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