#1213 Ten Years On (The Financial Crisis and Disastrous Recovery)
Air Date: 9–25-2018
Today we take a look at where we stand, now ten years on from the beginning of the Great Recession in 2008. Inequality has spiked, the banks are more profitable than ever and not a single banker went to jail for fraud. Now we must look ahead to how we can better manage the next inevitable crash.
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#1211 Corporate Monopoly and Political Power
Air Date: 9–18-2018
Today we take a look at the current state of the centuries-old fight against the monopolization of economic and political power and how these forces threaten the very concept of democracy.
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#1207 Bleeding us to death (Health Care Costs)
Air Date: 9–4-2018
Today we take a look at many of the underlying reasons that health care in America is so expensive and how those who benefit from the status quo work to keep it that way.
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#1196 Building a media that supports rather than undermines democracy
Air Date: 7–13-2018
Today we take a look at the media landscape and how it enables rather than challenges our horrific political status quo and we also hear suggested alternatives structures that could help us change the game
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#1190 Hurricane Maria laid bare the colonialism and capitalism in Puerto Rico
Air Date: 6–15-2018
Today we take a look at the high toll Puerto Rico is paying, in both money and lives, for the triple disasters of colonialism, Hurricane Maria and disaster capitalism
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#1178 Economic Evolution (Capitalism, Consumerism and Beyond)
#1166 How to create a happier society and why the GOP refuses (Social Benefits)
Air Date: 2–20-2018
Today we respond to the recent Trump budget proposal with some economic theories of our own, a description of how we could make ourselves happier and more prosperous and an explanation for why the GOP governing philosophy is so at odds with implementing programs that people like
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#1152 Rise of the oligarchy (Money in Politics)
Today we look at the history and current state of rich people seeking to undermine democratic rule by the people in favor or oligarchy for the rich
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