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We discuss a New York Times investigation about how the rich, famous, and powerful get special treatment in the emergency room. Read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/health/nyu-langone-emergency-room-vip.html
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Reducing prices for key prescription drugs in the United States is always a challenge. But fresh analysis from the New Institute for Economic Thinking finds that the status quo will remain largely intact unless pharmaceutical companies sever executive pay from stock price performance and the companies are banned from stock buybacks, among other reforms. We speak with William Lazonick, professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts and co-founder and president of the Academic-Industry Research Network. Read more https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/sick-with-shareholder-value-us-pharmas-financialized-business-model-during-the-pandemic
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We discuss work, overwork, taking sick days, and child labor.
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The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed requiring certain financial firms to register with the agency when they become subject to certain local, state, or federal agency or court orders. We talk with Bartlett Naylor, financial policy advocate for Public Citizen.
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Beowulf speaks with Steve Kemper, author of "Our Man in Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor," the story of Joseph C. Grew, US ambassador to Japan in the leadup to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Oregon is developing a Universal Health Plan - can we roll it out over the opposition of massive private insurance companies? Yes We Can! Read more: https://katu.com/news/politics/oregon-looks-to-create-first-in-nation-universal-health-care-system
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Beowulf discusses the San Francisco Board of Supervisors allowing police to use killer robots and then reversing themselves... for now. Call or text 202-656-6271 or email beowulf@twosquaredmediaproductions.com
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We discuss the conviction of the Trump Organization and whether Democrats can preempt a debt ceiling fight.
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We all need sick days - even me! Railroad workers DEFINITELY need them. And yet Democrats and Republicans screwed them over. We read and discuss Kshama Sawant's piece "Rail Workers Betrayed By Biden & The Squad" https://www.socialistalternative.org/2022/12/02/rail-workers-betrayed-biden-the-squad/
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Beowulf speaks with Professor Mathew Delmont, the author of Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad.
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