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Economic Update: The Economics of Socialism

This week’s episode discusses sanctions on Russia, medical companies’ failures, cable company monopolies and more.

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This week’s episode discusses sanctions on Russia, medical companies’ failures, cable company monopolies, CEO pay and more. Also included is a discussion of the economics of socialism.

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