This week on Economic Update, Prof. Richard D. Wolff provides updates on China's growing life expectancy, Ireland's vote on abortion, the reality of unemployment in the U.S., why Amazon offers a “quitting” bonus, Johnson and Johnson putting profits before public health, die-ins at Publix succeed, Macron gets union backlash, Poor People's Campaign exposes U.S. poverty, Canada joins the race to the bottom and why the super-rich are spending wildly.
In the second half of the show, Prof. Richard D. Wolff once again interviews Dr. Harriet Fraad on the #metoo movement and its economic and social effects.