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Economic Update: Recent Economic History

Richard D. Wolff gives an economic update on Wisconsin’s public employees, the GRAT tax evasion, the last 50 years of the ‘War on Poverty,’ and more.

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Updates on Wisconsin’s public employees, the GRAT tax evasion, and the last 50 years of the “War on Poverty.” Major discussions of the FED’s “taper program,” the Boulder, CO vote to produce electricity production itself, and evaluating 20 years of NAFTA. Response to emailed question on AIG bailout and its results.

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