This week: Updates on Armenia’s Political Spring; banks big profits; Harley-Davidson fires hundreds; unjust criminal penalties; US households’ financial distress; Germany banning diesels; US drug companies put profits above health again; and the huge wealth increase among world’s 2,754 billionaires. Special guest: Roderick Prude (union worker) and Dyln Namm (student) on successful student-worker alliance at New School University’s cafeteria struggles

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Economic Update: Capitalism Makes Few Winners Many Losers

by Richard D. Wolff, The Real News Network
June 5, 2018

<h1>Economic Update: Capitalism Makes Few Winners Many Losers</h1> <p class="byline">by Richard D. Wolff, The Real News Network <br />June 5, 2018</p> <p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWPxVQcMRfY</p> <p>This week: Updates on Armenia’s Political Spring; banks big profits; Harley-Davidson fires hundreds; unjust criminal penalties; US households’ financial distress; Germany banning diesels; US drug companies put profits above health again; and the huge wealth increase among world’s 2,754 billionaires. Special guest: Roderick Prude (union worker) and Dyln Namm (student) on successful student-worker alliance at New School University’s cafeteria struggles</p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://therealnews.com/economic-update-capitalism-makes-few-winners-many-losers">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://therealnews.com">The Real News Network</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-TRNN-2021-logomark-square.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://therealnews.com/?republication-pixel=true&post=176964&amp;ga4=G-7LYS8R7V51" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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