Economic Update: The Contradictions of 2021
[S11 E48] The Contradictions of 2021
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on Columbia University grad student strike, the contradictions of 2021, Cuba's Covid vaccine, Trump clone and French politics' lesson, why US manufacturing jobs keep vanishing, why capital-labor struggles affect high and low-paid workers alike: the baseball lockout, and Mitt Romney's 100% hypocritical attack on Dalio's China investments.
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SOURCES FOR SHOW SEGMENTS
1. Cuba's Covid vaccine: https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158...
2. Telecommunications: https://techblog.comsoc.org/2020/06/0...
3. Trump clone and French politics' lesson:
a. https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
b. https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
4. Manufacturing in the US: https://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag31-33....
5. MLB:
a. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/ml...
b. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/3...
6. Mitt Romney:
a. https://www.yahoo.com/now/mitt-romney...
b. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ne...