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This week’s episode discusses the myths surrounding corporate tax savings’ impact on wages, why tariffs fail to rescue jobs, how universities in the UK and the US are reacting to economic change, how Trump’s solar panel tariffs are political theater, and Ursula Le Guin’s critique of capitalism. This episode also includes an interview with Mary Douglas, executive director of Democratize the Enterprise.
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