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Economic Update: Bankers and Presidents
Updates on Bill O'Reilly vs. Bill de Blasio; Greek bonds; millions of dollars for Detroit's athletes; and who pays federal taxes.
Economic Update: Building Worker Co-Ops
Updates on Supreme Court McCutcheon decision on campaign financing, global meaning of French municipal elections, special impacts on women of raising minimum wages, and more.
Stuck in the Bluff: The Controversy of Needle Exchange Programs
With hundreds of programs across the US and throughout the world, some states still view distributing needles as illegal.
Economic Update: Economic Extremes
Major discussions on income distribution vs. redistribution; Maryland cutting taxes on rich and leaving tipped workers' minimum wages at $3.63 an hour; and a final segment on criticisms of …
Economic Update: The System in Question
Updates on GM recall; Bangladeshi women garment workers; hi-tech tax evasion; and more.
Economic Update: Criticisms of Capitalism
Richard Wolff gives an updates on the GM recall scandal; corporations' push for secret courts; marijuana economics; Radio Shack closings; US workers leaving the labor force; and more.
Economic Update: Subsidizing Corporations
Major discussions of Bernanke's speech on the Fed's bail outs of the biggest financial corporations and new IMF research that show redistribution to reduce inequality does not hurt growth.
The Warmth of Other Suns: Isabel Wilkerson on the Great Migration
Should they go or should they stay? That was a question millions of African Americans living in the South asked themselves in the 20th Century.
Economic Update: Capitalism and Its Costs
Richard D. Wolff gives an economic update on Delta Airlines changes; US millionaires in office; irrational student debt; Rupert Murdoch's wealth; and more.
School’s Out: The Decimation of Public Education
On this edition of Making Contact weu2019ll explore how the privatization of public education is playing out across the country and how students and teachers are fighting back.