Economic Update: Corporate Capitalism in Decline

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On this episode of Economic Update with Dr. Richard Wolf, we discuss the business of drug addiction, the resurgence of hookworm in North America, and the economics of elite universities ' tax avoidance. Later in the hour TruthDig columnist, Chris Hedges joins Economic Update to discuss a declining and decaying capitalism.

Chris Hedges is a columnist for TruthDig; he teaches at Princeton University in a program for incarcerated prisoners; he's a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and a New York Times best selling author. His most recent work is called America the Farewell.

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