Economic Update: Fighting the System
- March 6, 2019
In this week’s show, Prof. Wolff discusses the economics of immigration, the Gilets Jaunes joining a union-called general strike and NYC fast-food worker rights.
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This week’s episode of Economic Update features updates from Prof. Wolff on the economics of immigration, France’s yellow vests join union-called general strike, demonstrations against Sackler family’s profiting from oxycontin and New York City Council considers giving priority to fast-food workers (majority) over employers (minority).
The second half of the show features a major discussion by Prof. Wolff on (1) successful strikes by Mexican workers and their collaboration with progressive new Mexican government, and (2) Trump/GOP’s inheritance tax cut benefits richest, worsens US inequality of opportunity.
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