This episode provides updates on China’s rising wages, lethal overdoses, courts worsening Puerto Rico’s economic crisis and jobs moving to Mexico. Finally, we discuss the minimum wage, workers who lack college degrees and worker co-ops being key to doing better than capitalism.
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