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Economic Update: A System Rigged Against Us

This week’s show discusses the jobs created under Obama and Trump, how worker co-ops can reduce inequality, and more.

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with bipartisan members of the Congress at the Cabinet Room of the White House February 28, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Trump held a meeting with lawmakers to discuss school and community safety.

This week’s show discusses the jobs created under Obama and Trump, the lobbying being conducted in Trump’s swamp, how worker co-ops can reduce inequality, and how Democrats helped destroy their own party by backing campaigns against labor after 1945. This episode also features an interview with attorney Leonard C. Goodman on how the legal system is rigged.

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