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Economic Update: Economic Myths in the News
Economic updates include: The real-wage decline 2010-2012, more on Walmart, Greece's bailout benefits only banks. Major discussions of small versus big business in US and of role of …
Truthout Investigator Jason Leopold Tells the Story About the Life and Death of 10-Year Gitmo Prisoner, Adnan Latif
Investigative journalist Jason Leopold returns to detail his in-depth report on the life and death of an innocent prisoner at Guantanamo, Adnan Latif of Yemen.
Economic Update: Economics Means Different Theories and Analyses
Updates focus on the economics of public vs charter schools and Walmart as capitalist “success story.” A major discussion of economic theories that celebrate vs theories that criticize capitalism. …
Economic Update: The Presidential Debate Evaded Economic Realities
Updates include the decline of graduate school enrollment and how the wealthy evade taxes. This is followed by an Expose of Romney's
Economic Update: Class Warfare
Updates on public pensions crisis and megabanks' massive failures. Interview: NYU Prof. Juan Flores on class warfare in the US. Responses to listeners on federal subsidies of big banks …
Economic Update: Economic Crisis Deepening
Updates on economic decline in rest of 2012 and 2013; European resistance to austerity politics; private banks' many costly misdeeds. Detailed discussions of Ireland's economic crisis and Romney's attack …
Economic Update: “History of Workers Co-ops”
We aim to explain why certain economic changes are happening.
Economic Update: “No Better Economic Policy?”
Updates on Spain's government vs radical unions' responses to crisis, who gains most from expanding money supply, temp and low-paid replace middle level jobs, US dominates global arms sales. …
Economic Update: The Complexities of Capitalist “Success”
Richard Wolff interviews Max Fraad-Wolff on Apple Corp's mixed picture as capitalist
Economic Update: “Labor’s Day, Labor’s Condition”
Updates on corporations paying CEOs more than they pay in taxes; causes of coming food price spike; and strikes at Caterpillar in Illinois and Lonmin platinum mine in South …