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Economic Update: The Economics of Trump

This week’s episode includes updates on a big Texas worker co-op, Audi deal to make cars in China, the Pope’s criticism of capitalism and more.

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This week’s episode includes updates on a big Texas worker co-op, Audi’s deal to make cars in China, the Pope’s criticism of capitalism and Trump’s Wall Streeters. It also includes discussions of Trump’s economics and why Clintonomics and Reaganomics are not so different.

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