Updates on net neutrality, workplace sexual harassment, bitcoin, worsening global inequality, Europe’s recovery and instability, and using prison labor to fight fires. Major discussions of consumerism, gathering revolt against capitalism, and the economics of alternative populisms. Hosted by Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff


Economic Update

Universal Health Care for the Disable and Elderly

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE ELDERLY Ovеr seven mіllіоn оldеr people, or аbоut оnе-fоurth оf thе еldеrlу рорulаtіоn, еxреrіеnсеd a period of disability either аt thе bеgіnnіng оr аt thе еnd of calendar уеаr 1987 according to NMES data (ѕее Tаblе 1).1 Abоut 2.6 mіllіоn реrѕоnѕ оr 9% оf the еldеrlу hаd ѕеvеrе dіѕаbіlіtіеѕ, і.е., needed … Continued


This week’s episode discusses critiques of Uber and the gig economy; how Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson endorses inequality; Norway paying male and female athletes same; corporations buying back their own shares; the deaths of overworked Japanese people; how 10 percent of New York schoolchildren are homeless; and how a majority of US corporations already pay … Continued


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