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Economic Update: Systemic Crises – Economic and Ecological

Updates on unpaid law clerks, Buffett’s minimum tax on high incomes, and CBO report on medical care costs and federal deficits.

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Updates on unpaid law clerks, Buffett’s minimum tax on high incomes, and CBO report on medical care costs and federal deficits. Discussion of Walmart as emblem and example of capitalist “success.” Responding to listeners on Robin Hood tax and student debt relief campaign and on rationales for cutting corporate tax rates.

On Economic Update with Professor Richard Wolff, Wolff and guests will discuss the current state of the economy, both locally and globally in relation to the economic crisis.

Wolff will focus on wages, jobs, taxes, and debts – and on interest rates, prices, and profits. We aim to explain why certain economic changes are happening and other changes get postponed or blocked and we will explore alternative ways to organize enterprises, markets, and government policies. Economic Update is a weekly show for people who want to understand and change not only their own financial situation but also the larger economy we all depend on.

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