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Economic Update: Markets and Immigration

Updates on the drop in most Americans’ household wealth and how Social Security finances are more about wages than aging.

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This episode covers the drop in household wealth across the United States, and the ways in which Social Security finances are more about wages than aging. We also discuss the political economy of immigration and the contradictions inherent in capitalism. Plus, we respond to listeners’ queries about worker co-op incubators and fundraising by the Clintons.

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