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The Harm Done by Economists

Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff

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What the Report Says About Working Full Time Year-Rough

35% of families who work full time year-round do not earn enough to cover the basic needs of housing, food, and childcare. For white and Asian families, the percentages are 25 and 23%. More than half, 52% of Hispanic families do not have health insurance at their job. And more than three quarters have no pension. It's condemning an enormous portion of your people to endless generations of being at the bottom of the economic pole. Don't ever think that the reason we have poor people is because they don't work or they don't want to work"

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