This episode explores the rapid growth of sports betting and prediction markets, highlighting risks such as gambling addiction and the impact of live betting. Learn how evolving regulations shape the industry and affect society. It offers insights for fans and policymakers alike.

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Explore how corporate layoffs boost Wall Street stock prices while impacting workers and communities. This episode examines financialization, executive incentives, and the growing influence of AI on the future of jobs.

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This episode explores the troubling rise of racism, hate, and bigotry amplified by powerful business leaders and ultra-conservative movements. We trace historical roots, examine the role of billionaires like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, and discuss the impact on society, democracy, and civil rights.

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Afrocentrix founder Rachael Twumasi-Corson shares her entrepreneurial journey, focusing on ethical business practices, successful investor relations, and overcoming barriers in venture capital as part of today's economic landscape. Rachael provides insight into having successful customer, employee, and investor relations. Rachael also discusses balancing parenting and meeting the demands of a career.

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Increased tribalism and lower social mobility are not independent of each other. In the episode Nancy and Bill explore the connection between the two and the unfortunate implications if both continue in their current trajectories.

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In this episode Nancy and Bill interview Donna Steslow, a professor, Grievance Co-Chair, and member of the union Executive Committee. Recent economic events have exposed both the positive role unions played in building the middle class and the current need for labor to be represented. Increased income inequality, a K-style economy that benefits a small percentage of households, and historic-levels of extreme wealth combine to put most households at an economic disadvantage.

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In this episode Nancy and Bill explore the loss of trust across a number of industries and the integrity of the political process, often facilitated by changing business practices. Trust matters and has economic value. What will it take to get trust back?

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Multi-level marketing (MLM), sometimes called direct selling, has proved a money losing proposition for more than sixty years. From lingerie to household items to nutritional supplements to “education” programs, MLMs have screwed consumers hoping to make a little money. History shows that 95% or more of those who join an MLM in hopes of making money end up with a financial loss. In this episode we explore why and warn people, especially young people, against pursuing this type of “business opportunity.”

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