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Economic Update: Banks and Other Outrages
Updates on minimum wage in Europe vs. minimum wage in the US; the richest US families; and the economics of immigration.
Ikea Agrees to Pay Its Workers More Than Minimum Wage
Jeannette Wicks-Lim: There's a growing trend among the world's major corporations to voluntarily increase their workers' wages.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Supreme Court Strikes Another Blow to Unions, and More
Our nation's highest court strikes another blow to public unions, and more.
Joseph Stiglitz: No, Spiraling Inequality Isn’t Inevitable
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz took to the opinion pages of The New York Times to argue that there's no such thing as “natural” market forces.
Sole’s New Album “Death Drive” Takes Shots at Alienation, Capitalism and Liberals
Tim “Sole” Holland's new album “Death Drive” weaves through self-reflection, philosophy and existentialism with an anarchist perspective.
Economic Update: It’s the System
Updates on vaccine price gouging; Canadian corporate misdeeds; Massachusetts nurses fighting inequality; Denmark's greater equality; and Argentina as a hedge fund hostage.
In Banking World, Fraud Is an Epidemic
In which the remarkable lack of criminal prosecutions coming from the Justice Department in the aftermath of the financial crisis is explained, also the heightened danger to finance insider …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Supreme Court Eliminates President’s Power to Make Recess Appointments, and More
The Supreme Court virtually eliminated the President's power to make recess appointments, and more.
The Fashion Victims of Cambodia
Rebecca Henschke reports on garment workers killed by riot police when striking for pay rise.
Why Did Economy Shrink So Dramatically During the First Quarter of 2014?
Robert Pollin: Five years after the Great Recession, austerity as the dominant policy agenda is keeping the recovery weak.