Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff20 Juli

U.S. Housing Crisis Deepens

This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff presents updates on the Australian dockworkers' union's fight against A.I., the German auto workers' fight against VW layoffs, Private Suites running private terminals for rich U.S. flyers, and Bayer/Monsanto profiting by manipulating U.S. farmers' organizations. The second half of the show features an interview with Donald H Whitehead, Jr., the director of the National Coalition of the Homeless.

We hope you enjoy this discussion and look forward to joining you next week for another all-new episode of Economic Update.

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