Economic Update: Capitalism and Addiction The Opioid Epidemic

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The Economy, 2017-2018: S7 E02
THIS WEEK'S TOPICS (w/timestamps):
00:58 - Updates on UN report on poverty in the US;
05:23 - Oreos produced in Mexico;
06:54 - US households with zero or negative net worth;
11:25 - Germany's negative utility prices;
13:22 - Germany's bold labor strikes;
17:58 - announcements;
20:03 - Iceland law on equal pay for equal work;
22:01 - the myth of US economic "recovery;"
24:17 - Canada's Tim Horton sabotages rising minimum wage.
28:00 - SPECIAL GUEST: Interview with Dr. Harriet Fraad on US opioid epidemic: psychology and capitalism.

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