This week: Updates on UK’s Liberal Democrats advocating serious reduction of wealth and income inequality; Sears CEO blames pensions for Sears’ problems; JP Morgan predicts next financial collapse in 2020; failure to deal with opioid crisis; G-20 meeting in Argentina evades real issues; Europeans clash with U.S. over trade with Iran; and a trivial SEC fine for Citigroup’s dishonesty with investors. Professor Wolff dives deep into the political economy of immigration as a right-wing issue and an effective left-wing response

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Economic Update: The Immigration Issue and Capitalism

by Richard D. Wolff, The Real News Network
October 16, 2018

<h1>Economic Update: The Immigration Issue and Capitalism</h1> <p class="byline">by Richard D. Wolff, The Real News Network <br />October 16, 2018</p> <p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5NCMY9S-PI</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">This week: Updates on UK’s Liberal Democrats advocating serious reduction of wealth and income inequality; Sears CEO blames pensions for Sears’ problems; JP Morgan predicts next financial collapse in 2020; failure to deal with opioid crisis; G-20 meeting in Argentina evades real issues; Europeans clash with U.S. over trade with Iran; and a trivial SEC fine for Citigroup’s dishonesty with investors. Professor Wolff dives deep into the political economy of immigration as a right-wing issue and an effective left-wing response</span></p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://therealnews.com/economic-update-the-immigration-issue-and-capitalism">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=179534&amp;ga4=G-7LYS8R7V51" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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