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Joseph Stiglitz on the Future of the U.S. and the Global Economy & Biden’s Actions on Climate Change

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  Part I – The Future of the U.S. and the Global Economy Under a Biden Administration. Guest: Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel laureate in economics, University Professor at Columbia University, and chief economist of the Roosevelt Institute. His latest book is People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent.   Part II … Continued

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The fallout from Prop 22, and what’s next for app-based workers; Plus: Why does California’s vaccine rollout exclude people with disabilities? And Bay Area action Sunday to demand mass releases from CA prisons

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0:08 – Reddit investors take on Wall Street: the Gamestop stock surge explained Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) is an economic journalist and host of KPFA’s “Behind the News”, which airs Thursdays at 12. 0:34 – The fallout from Prop 22, app-based workers now as independent contractors Veena Dubal (@veenadubal) is a law professor at UC Hastings, … Continued