Economic Update

Economic Update – March 25, 2022

Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, locally and globally. The program explores alternative ways to organize, markets, and government policies. Click Here to listen to the current episode of Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff.


On today’s show, I’ll speak to Friends of the Congo Executive Director Maurice Carney on the environmental impacts of mining and now logging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We’ll switch gears and continue a conversation w/ CA Youth vs Big Oil organizers Alex Masci, Supriya Patel and Molly McCoy on the Newsom letter … Continued


UpFront

Recap of Ketanji Brown Jackon’s Senate confirmation hearing; Plus the importance of cancer screenings

On today’s show: 0:08 – Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady), Senior Editor of Law and Policy at Rewire News and co-host the podcast Boom! Lawyered! joins us to recap the Senate confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson. 0:33 – Dr. Rita Kwan-Feinberg, an oncology surgeon with Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation discusses the importance of cancer screenings. … Continued