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Economic Update: The Rising Costs of Capitalism’s Failures

This week’s episode discusses the courts blocking Trump’s attack on sanctuary cities, selling Whole Foods and more.

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This week’s episode discusses the courts blocking Trump’s attack on sanctuary cities, the selling of Whole Foods, whether technology is to blame for the jobs collapse, the decrease in department store jobs since 2000 and the British queen’s enterprise award going to Suma, a UK worker co-op. The episode also takes on Trump’s corporate tax “reform” and more.

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