labor exploitation

Krystal and Saagar discuss the Drone attacks in Russia and a CNN guest claiming it was a False Flag operation, US preps Ukraine with Nuclear attack sensors, Another Bank "Pac West" on the verge of collapse, Biden may declare Debt Ceiling unconstitutional, AOC and Matt Gaetz team up on a Stock Ban for Congress, Bill Gates caught again with Epstein along other multi millionaires, the Media says "Biden Debate Push' is only coming from the right wing, Krystal looks into a shocking report that 10 year olds were found working at McDonalds, Saagar looks into the Presidential Debate Commission, guest Ben Smith from Semafor comes to talk about his new book "Traffic" as well as the media apocalypse occurring in 2010 digital media.

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Slaughterhouses, construction sites, factories. A Times investigation has found that migrant children have been thrust into jobs in some of the most demanding workplaces in the United States.

How did this crisis in child labor develop? And now that it has been exposed, what is being done to tackle the problem?

Guest: Hannah Dreier, an investigative reporter for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• The shadow work force of migrant children extends across industries in every state, flouting labor laws that have been in place for nearly a century.
• As lawmakers clamor for action, federal and state enforcement agencies have begun a crackdown on companies that employ children.
• The Biden administration has announced a wide crackdown on the labor exploitation of migrant children around the United States.

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When GameStop shares skyrocketed earlier this year, numerous pundits were quick to ascribe political significance to the whole thing. Was it a rebellion? Was it class warfare in the spirit of Occupy Wall Street? On this episode of Odd Lots, we speak with the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, who argues that the episode was significant and radical, but not in the way most people appreciate. We also talked about algorithmic trading, WallStreetBets, the pandemic, and what's next for the future of capitalism.

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When it comes to millennials, the media has certain tropes that it likes to go back to. Millennials love avocados. Millennials aren't into homebuying. Millennials are always killing off this or that product or service. But what if the consumption lens is the totally wrong way to talk about this generation? On this week's Odd Lots podcast, we speak to Malcolm Harris, the author of "Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials," about what he says is a more useful frame for understanding the economic stresses millennials face.

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When it comes to exercising outrage, people tend to be very selective. Could it be that humans are our least favorite animal?