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Economic Update: Europe’s Approach to Inequality
Richard D. Wolff discusses the history and dimensions of global inequality and movements for guaranteed annual incomes in Switzerland; and more.
Author and Columnist Henry A. Giroux Says American Democracy Is in Decay
Rob Lorei speaks with Henry A Giroux, columnist for Truthout.org and author who says the state of US today has turned into an authoritarian one.
Economic Update: The Trend to Inequality
Richard D. Wolff discusses conservative inequality denials, the significance of “productivity” statistics, and more.
Economic Update: Recent Economic History
Richard D. Wolff gives an economic update on Wisconsin's public employees, the GRAT tax evasion, the last 50 years of the ‘War on Poverty,’ and more.
Economic Update: There Are Alternatives
Updates on dangers in anti-bacterial soap, South African union to start socialist party, Germans retire abroad, billionaires' whims shape health care. Major discussions of Obamacare and alternatives to capitalist …
Economic Update: Crisis Hits Puerto Rico
In this economic update, Richard D. Wolff interviews NYU professor Juan Flores on the deepening economic crisis in Puerto Rico, and more.
Economic Update: Struggles Over the Welfare State
Richard D. Wolff gives updates on the tentative budget deal in Congress, psychiatrists refusing insurance, austerity's terrible toll on Ireland; and more.
2013: The Year the Prison System Changed?
2013 saw significant changes from sentencing reform, to drug policy, to how people are treated behind bars.
Economic Update: Capitalism’s Inequalities
Richard D. Wolff discusses capitalism's uneven development and more.
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Conquest: Sexual Violence and Native American Genocide
Andrea Smith, author of u201cConquest: Sexual Violence and Native American Genocideu201d explains the connection between violence against women, and the colonization of native lands and bodies.