#1212 Feudalism with Dinner (Our Culture of Tipping)
Air Date: 9–21-2018
Today we take a look at the economics, sexism and racism embedded in the restaurant industry, largely due to the practice of tipping.
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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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#1208 Collective power through solidarity (Unions)
Air Date: 9–7-2018
Today we take a look at several of the ways that average people benefit from collective action including unionization, class action lawsuits and politically attuned investing of pooled pension funds. Plus, making the obvious case for why the Democratic Party needs to get wholeheartedly on board with policies that unwaveringly support working people and empower collectivism.
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#1204 The past, present and future of international trade
Air Date: 8–24-2018
Today we take a look at some of the historical context for the dynamics of international trade, some progressive ideas about managing the domestic results of trade, the economics and politics of tariffs and the dangers of trade wars.
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#1192 Fighting for Single Payer and against our neoliberal health system
Air Date: 6–26-2018
Today we take a look at the misguided transformation of our thinking about health care that causes us to accept the idea of it being a market-based commodity, who continues to support this idea and why it continues to make suckers of us all
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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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#1183 Debating proposals for a next-generation economy (Social Benefit Programs)
Air Date: 5–15-2018
Today we take a look at both the policies of a Federally-Guaranteed Jobs program and a Universal Basic Income and hear arguments for and against each
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#1181 The Red-State Revolt (Teachers Strikes)
Air Date: 5–4-2018
Today we take a look at the falling dominoes of rebellion and demands for justice in the form of teachers strikes as they go from one educationally decimated red state to the next
Read more#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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