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Economic Update: Capitalism in Trouble

This week’s discusses major troubles such as Brexit and Trump, the student debt penalty and much more.

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This week’s episode discusses major troubles such as Brexit and Trump, the student debt penalty, New York billionaires asking to be taxed, Trump’s job fantasies, Seattle’s official renters commission and age discrimination. Other topics include the economics of immigration and how worker co-ops differ from capitalist corporations on production.

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