2020-01-06 10:57:59

Economic Update: Capitalism & the Family: Myth VS Reality

THIS WEEK'S TOPICS (w/timestamps): 01:34 - Updates on Job Quality Index and its U.S. decline; 06:21 - French activism against President Macron's effort to cut pensions; 10:17 - Gartman Letter urges investors to sell stocks in face of Trump's policies deteriorating the economy; 11:43 - Obama's purchase $11.5 million Martha's Vineyard mansion; 12:50 - and Kansas City cuts public transport fares to zero; 14:16 - announcements; 15:23 - SPECIAL GUEST: Prof. Wolff interviews Dr. Harriet Fraad on myth VS reality of US capitalism and the family.

Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff takes complex economic issues and makes them understandable, empowering listeners with information to analyze not only their own financial situation but the economy at large. By focusing on the economic dimensions of everyday life - wages, jobs, taxes, debts, interest rates, prices, and profits - the program explores alternative ways to organize markets and government policies.

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