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Economic Update: Criticisms of Capitalism

Richard Wolff gives an updates on the GM recall scandal; corporations’ push for secret courts; marijuana economics; Radio Shack closings; US workers leaving the labor force; and more.

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Updates on the General Motors recall scandal; corporations’ push for secret courts; the economics of marijuana; Radio Shack closings; and US workers leaving the labor force. Major discussions of the history and basics of the criticism of capitalism, and billionaires and extreme inequality as products of capitalism.

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