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Economic Update: Solving Old Economic Problems

This week’s episode discusses the Vermont brewery worker co-op, how profitability proves nothing, Trump knocking the “fiduciary rule” and more.

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This week’s episode discusses a Vermont brewery’s worker co-op, how profitability proves nothing, Trump knocking the “fiduciary rule,” and more. The episode also includes major discussions of applying Hegelian philosophies to historical labor contexts, and contrasts President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Donald Trump.

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