This week’s episode discusses the declining California State University system, Trump vs. coal industry realities, Hudson Yards for the mega-rich vs. New York’s social needs, and how lotteries and pot legalization have the same economic motives. Also included are discussions on politics and economic betrayal, Trump’s new austerity budget and why worker co-ops deserve government support.
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