Economic Update: A Tale of Two Crises: 1929 & 2008
August 31, 2017
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Episode 35 · August 31, 2017
Economic Update: A Tale of Two Crises: 1929 & 2008
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Economic Update: A Tale of Two Crises: 1929 & 2008
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<p>Updates on US working conditions 2017, looming US recession and plans for negative interest rates, schools raise funds by shaming poor school children, and the economics of fascism. Major discussion: why FDR's New Deal (successful trickle up economics) was not repeated after 2008 (unsuccessful trickle down economics). Consequences of post-1945 destruction of coalition that produced New Deal.</p>
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