On this week’s episode of Economic Update:
- how FED Chair Jerome Powell admits capitalism’s intrinsic instability,
- a Tennessee plastic plant won’t let workers leave before storm Helene hits,
- new drugs for obesity (Ozempic and Wegovy) highlight the failures of for-profit medical care.
Finally, we interview Jordan Chariton on his new book, We, the Poisoned: Exposing The Flint Water Crisis Cover-up and the Poisoning of 100,000.
Jordan Chariton is an independent investigative reporter known for reporting on the ground across America on major stories like the Flint water crisis, the Native American protests at Standing Rock over the Dakota Access Pipeline, the 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns, and in-depth authentic reporting on union drives, worker strikes, poverty, homelessness, and state and local corruption. Chariton has broken significant investigative stories in The Guardian, VICE News, The Intercept, and Detroit Metro Times; other work from Chariton has been featured on CNBC.com, TheHill.com, Mediaite, and the popular YouTube news channel Breaking Points.