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December 2, 2012
Inconvenient Economic Truths

Updates on unpaid law clerks, Buffett’s minimum tax on high incomes, and CBO report on medical care costs and federal deficits. Discussion of Walmart as emblem and example of capitalist “success.” Responding to listeners on Robin Hood tax and student debt relief campaign and on rationales for cutting corporate tax rates.

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Measuring Capitalism’s Results

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.
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Honoring Labor

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.
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May Day and Labor

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.
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Economic Crisis, Individual Lives

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.
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