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Economic Update: Crisis Hits Puerto Rico

In this economic update, Richard D. Wolff interviews NYU professor Juan Flores on the deepening economic crisis in Puerto Rico, and more.

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Updates on bee-killing pesticides; movements against austerity and inequality in Chile, New York and Italy; university presidents’ six-figure pay packages vs. adjuncts’ exploitation; rejecting pay cuts; Minnesota’s orchestra reforms as worker coop. Wolff interviews NYU professor Juan Flores on the deepening economic crisis in Puerto Rico. Responses to questions about bitcoins and exceptions to constitutions that “guarantee” contracts.

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