CEO Pay is out of control (with Mark Kreidler)

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The morning after a historic midterm, Richard and Zach ask what Democrats actually learned. Their answer is bigger than a blue tsunami: working- and middle-class voters moved sharply, cost-of-living proved powerful, and candidates who connected economic policy to everyday life br ...  Show more

Why Bosses Get Away With Stealing Your Wages (with Terri Gerstein)

If you steal from your employer, you could end up in jail. But what happens when your employer steals from you? Every year, employers steal billions of dollars from American workers through unpaid wages, overtime violations, and other illegal practices. Yet the consequences for e ...  Show more

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