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Capitalism and Democracy

shane — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:00:50 +0000

Updates on pay gaps, Alabama bankruptcy, Minnesota lockout, Greek lockout. Discussions of capitalism and democracy, “pure” capitalism,” and capitalism’ historical shifts. Comments on listeners’ questions: workers’ owning vs directing and tax-exempt vs “non-profit.”

Capitalism’s Costs

alissa — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 22:00:38 +0000

Updates on Disney’s price hikes, Portugal’s unions’ general strike, Chinese buy US biggest pork processor, low-wage retail workers fighting in Seattle, General Petraeus goes corporate, and income/wealth inequality in US. Detailed discussions of (1) why technical progress fails to ease work burdens in capitalism, and (2) why/how US “recovery” is so uneven as well as fragile. Response to listeners on anarchism and on Chinese solar panels.

Labor, Unions and Crisis

shane — Fri, 31 May 2013 15:09:16 +0000

Updates on corporate globalization, Philly schools, paid vacation law(?), the Cadillac Tax. Interview with Stanley Aronowitz on labor, unions and the left. Responses to listeners on higher ed economics and US income inequality.

A Journalist’s Perspective

shane — Fri, 24 May 2013 10:00:34 +0000

Updates on changing US retirement ages, Pope Francis’s anti-capitalism, inequality inside countries, unionists march in Rome, public schools being savaged. Interview with independent journalist and writer Laura Flanders of GritTV. Response to listeners questions on Apple Computer’s exposure as major tax evader.

Measuring Capitalism’s Results

shane — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:40 +0000

Updates on Google caught evading taxes, food stamp nation, public higher ed crisis. Major discussions on the US medical-industrial complex and the meaning of Bangladesh’s building collapse. Responses to listener questions on anarchism and economics of private property.

Honoring Labor

shane — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:00:08 +0000

Updates on Pope’s critique of capitalism, honeybees and pesticides, achievements of the WPA, and another workers’ coop launched. Major discussions of rent and housing economics and accusations of workers’ “laziness.” Response to listeners on why governments run big debts and labor unions’ strategic choices.

May Day and Labor

shane — Mon, 06 May 2013 10:00:23 +0000

Updates on Bangladesh tragedy, drug price gouging, CEO pay and OSHA; discussion of labor strategy then and now; comments on markets, private property and scapegoating government.

Economic Crisis, Individual Lives

shane — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:00:55 +0000

Economic updates of airline delays, minimum wages for tipped workers, global military spending, and profit-driven Bangladesh building collapse. Interview with Barbara Garson on new book, Down the Up Escalator.Comment on new coop restaurant, unemployment office blues, and risks of deflation.

Tax Truths

shane — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:00:13 +0000

Updates on Europeans limiting CEO pay, Chileans demonstrate for free education, many countries with higher tax rates for the rich than in US, and UNICEF report on cild welfare in US vs other countries. Major analyses of the social security/payroll tax system, property tax on stocks and bonds, Alaska suffers economic blackmail. Listeners questions on inflation, military spending, and useful sources of economic analysis.

Social Turmoil Coming

admin — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:54:20 +0000

Updates on CEO pay, the assault on social security, Maggie Thatcher, and “job creation.” Interview with Chris Hedges on deepening social crisis, divisions, and turmoil coming. Response to listeners: on French socialists, hidden money, and workers coops paying taxes.