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Economic Update: Students in Montreal Fight Tuition Hikes, and More
Rick Wolff provides his weekly dose of economic updates.

Economic Update: A Successful Worker Co-op Examined
Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, both locally and globally in relation to the economic crisis.

Jobs Numbers Show Recession Far From Over
Bob Pollin: There is no engine driving job creation so no real recovery is possible.

Resistance to NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Comes to DC as Lawmakers, Groups Urge Justice Dept. Probe
Dozens of New York lawmakers and several advocacy groups are convening on Capitol Hill today to call on the Justice Department to investigate the New York City Police Departmentu2019s …

Why We Have to End the Bush Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
Romney and the Republicans are pushing a reverse-Robin Hood plan that takes from the middle class and the poor while rewarding the rich.

Joseph Stiglitz on “The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future”
Several months before Occupy Wall Street, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz wrote, "Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%," an article for Vanity Fair. He returns …

“Inside Job” Director Charles Ferguson: Where Are the Criminal Prosecutions for Financial Crisis?
The Labor Department has just announced the United States economy gained only 69,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent. We air part two of …

The Occupied Amendment: Rep. Ted Deutch on Banning Corporate Campaign Money
In December Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) joined with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to introduce the OCCUPIED constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United campaign finance decision. It stands for

Economic Update: “Parental Leave” in US Jobs Lags All Other Advanced Countries
Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, both locally and globally in relation to the economic crisis. The show begins with updates …

Quebec Student Movement Grows with Popular Support
People from Montreal's communities bang pots and pans to show support as students broaden demands.