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Economy & Labor
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Economic Update: Labor Day Economics
This episode provides updates on Labor Day's meaning, and more.
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Goldman Sachs’ New Loan Program Enters Underregulated, Potentially Abusive Loan Marketplace
Seven years since the crisis, Goldman Sachs is entering a new consumer market, this time aiming at providing online loans.
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Private Prison Firms Buy Access to Public Officials at Lavish Industry Conferences
Private corrections companies are spending millions of dollars on free massages and luxury events to influence government officials.
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Trumping the Federal Debt Without Playing the Default Card
How can the US remain strong with very little debt, without defaulting on Social Security, Medicare or the federal debt itself?
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Journalist Discusses Human Rights Abuses on the High Seas
Ian Urbina joins Joe Sexton to discuss the rampant labor, human rights and environmental abuses on the high seas.
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When Black Lives Matter Met Clinton: Activists Speak Out on Challenging Candidate Over Crime Record
Black Lives Matter activists are back in the news after confronting Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail.
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In Britain, a Flight to the Right
What's going on within the Labour Party reminds me of what went on in the US within the Democratic Party under Reagan.
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Richard D. Wolff | Déjà Vu: Germany Tightens Its Economic Power Over Europe
The richest European economy imposed massive suffering onto one of the poorest economies in Europe.
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Dean Baker | China’s Currency Devaluation and the Federal Reserve Board
We haven't seen a movement towards more balanced trade with China because it's not an Obama administration priority.
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Agroecology as a Tool for Liberation: Transforming Industrial Agriculture in El Salvador
Beverly Bell interviews Miguel Ramirez, National Coordinator of the Organic Agriculture Movement of El Salvador, about agroecology as a tool for liberation.