‘Those People’ + Monopoly Crisis & Negative Yielding Debt

Bernie Sanders taking a trip to Canada to make a point about predatory pharmaceutical prices in America. They also discuss Democratic leaning media sorts continuing to talk about ‘those people,’ the ‘deplorables’ who voted for Trump.
In the second half, Max continues his talk with Marshall Auerback, Research Associate at Levy Institute, about the various economic policies being proposed by Democratic candidates for president: from reparations to drastic cuts to the military to a Teddy Roosevelt-styled trust-busting plan.

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Monopoly Crisis & Negative Yielding Debt

Max and Stacy discuss America’s monopoly crisis hitting the military, and Huawei’s superiority in 5G is the canary in the monopoly coal mine. They also discuss the white collar criminal defense lawyers getting laid off as prosecutions plunge. In the second half, Max talks to Marshall Auerback, Research Associate at Levy Institute, about negative yielding debt, how big it can grow, and the problem with Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a solution to the problems in our economy.