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Art Laffer: "Minorities...Aren't Worth $15/Hour"
Donald Trump's favorite economist, Art Laffer, appears on Fox News to say that many minorities "aren't worth" $15 per hour. -- The David Pakman Show is a news and political talk program, known for its…
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Historic But Inadequate: Joseph Stiglitz on G7 Deal to Back a 15% Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate
Finance ministers from seven of the world’s wealthiest nations have backed a plan to set a minimum global corporate tax rate of at least 15% on multinational companies. The agreement, which was reached during a…
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Richard Wolff: The Economy is In Trouble
Our country is in trouble and it's about a fundamental problem we have as a nation — Inequality. A consumer economy simply can't function when the consumers are too poor to consume and the wealthy…
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Why Is Biden Already Compromising On Infrastructure?
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with John Paul Mejia about President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan. President Joe Biden, facing Republican obstructionism over most if not all of his legislative agenda, has decided to offer a compromise…
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Economic Update: Labor & Capitalism's Rise & Fall
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff discusses Congress Bills H.R.51 giving statehood to Washington, DC, and H.R.1 countering GOP efforts to restrict voting; and Biden's tax reforms to help pay for new and expanded government…
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Economic Update: Valuing Work By Women of Color
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff discusses Bernie Madoff's $ 82 billion swindles and capitalism's incentives for swindling, the economics of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, US government's racist housing policies, and refuting the defense…
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The GOP's Extraordinarily Economic Dark Plot
The GOP wants to sabotage the economy to turn the people against President Biden, and the way they want to do it will make you sick! No matter how hard Rand Paul and his Republican…
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Joe Biden vs. Gig Economy
Biden takes on the Gig Economy. Was it all a ruse to exploit workers? We ask Economist Richard Wolff, who breaks down the lies of the "sharing" economy and offers solutions that can give workers…
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Shoshana Zuboff: Facebook’s Oversight Board Is Not Enough. The Government Has to Regulate Big Tech
Former President Donald Trump will continue to stay off Facebook after the company’s oversight board ruled Wednesday that his ban was justified for creating “an environment where a serious risk of violence was possible.” Trump…
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May Day Events Build Momentum For PRO Act
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Maurice Mitchell about May Day. At Joe Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress last week, the President laid out his vision for America that centered on government spending,…
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Filipino Activist Walden Bello: Global Vaccine Disparity Shows “Irrationality of Global Capitalism”
The international disparity in vaccine access between rich and low-income countries highlights “the irrationality of global capitalism,” says acclaimed Filipino scholar and activist Walden Bello, who urges the Biden administration to sign on to an…
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The Truth About Inflation
The mainstream media spent the weekend lying about Joe Biden harming America with inflation. Thom Hartmann explains the truth about inflation, government spending, and Joe Biden. -- The Thom Hartmann Program covers diverse topics including…
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How Economic Revolution Happens
Prof. Richard Wolff exposes the economic theory billionaires subscribe to that require lower wages. Wolff talks about how revolution get started, and why conservatives want to gut the middle class. Professor Richard Wolff joins Thom…
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Unemployment Claims Drop to Unexpected Pandemic Low
New unemployment claims drop to a pandemic low, coming in lower than expected, as the economy continues to improve. -- The David Pakman Show is a news and political talk program, known for its controversial…
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After Union Defeat, Can Amazon Be Beaten?
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Kshama Sawant about if Amazon can be defeated. A highly watched vote among Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama has resulted in a resounding defeat for the Retail, Wholesale, and Department…
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Amazon “Broke the Law”: Union Seeks New Election After Alabama Warehouse Organizing Drive Fails
The largest union drive in the history of Amazon has ended with the company on top. After a months-long battle, 738 workers at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse voted to unionize, and 1,798 voted no. Ballots…
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“We Need to Give the Workers a Fair Shot”: Jane McAlevey on What Went Wrong in Amazon Union Vote
Labor organizer and scholar Jane McAlevey says there were many warning signs that the historic Amazon union drive in Bessemer, Alabama, would fail. Workers at the Amazon warehouse voted overwhelmingly against forming a union after…
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Can We Democratize The Economy?
America is supposed to be a democracy, so why don't you have a say in where the economy goes? Economic growth will bring technology which will produce less carbon. Vs. Economic growth needs to stop…
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