The Harm Done by Economists
This week on Economic Update, Prof. Wolff talks about the unionization drive among minor league professional baseball players, high poverty rates among US families working full-time year round, and the economics of discrimination against pregnant women. In the second half of the show, Wolff interviews Prof. George DeMartino on the harm done by the economics profession and why it denies doing so.
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صف پخش
- در حال پخش: The Harm Done by Economists
- بعدی: A Critique of Profit
- بعدی: U.S. Housing Crisis Deepens
- بعدی: Markets: Institutions Deeply In Need of Criticism
- بعدی: U.S. Capitalism as a Crisis for Men
- بعدی: Marx's Key Insight: Capitalism's Surplus
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