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Richard Wolff rips apart meme that Ireland's austerity has been a success (audio link)
Listen: http://rdwolff.com/content/economic-update-struggles-over-welfare-state
by Richard Wolff.
Published on December 15, 2013
Updates on tentative budget deal in Congress, psychiatrists refusing insurance, and austerity's terrible toll on Ireland. Interview with Yale History Prof. Jennifer Klein on rise, fall and possible rise again of the US welfare state and organized labor. Response to questions on possibilities of worker take-over of Boeing in Seattle.