Day: June 21, 2021
Biden’s new deal: Is $6 trillion enough?
President Biden’s budget proposal would cost taxpayers a whopping $6 trillion. Some are calling it the New Deal 2.0, but is pumping federal dollars a surefire way to get the economy back on track? Professor and economist Richard Wolff weighs in on whether record-high government spending can offset a mass exodus of service workers across the country. …
Global Peace Index 2021: Peace deteriorating, military spending & violence on the rise
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Steve Killelea, founder of the Institute for Economics & Peace, about the Global Peace Index 2021 report. He discusses the deterioration of peace through the coronavirus pandemic, the increase of violent mass demonstrations against inequality and racial discrimination, the most violent countries in the world being in Latin America, and much more! …