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Economic Update: Capitalism’s Leaders

This week’s episode discusses the Senate’s dueling health bills, minimum wage cuts and more.

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This week’s episode discusses the Senate’s health bill, minimum wage cuts, the Pope’s views on labor unions and Seattle’s taxes on the rich. The episode also includes discussions on G20 “leaders,” Detroit’s “revival” and how a beer company becomes worker owned.

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