As you walk through the checkout line of your local grocery store, you may get an unpleasant surprise when the register brings up your total. A study conducted by the […]
Food Pantries Struggle to Keep up with Demand
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Food Pantries Struggle To Keep Up With Demand The Dane County area has long had a reputation as having a generous welfare safety net, particularly when […]
Pizzigati: Use an excess profits tax to control inflation
The Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates in order to try to control inflation — but does it have to? Sam Pizzigati, Co-Editor of inequality.org, says “NO” in his […]
Cheap Gas Undercuts Climate Change Progress
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Cheap Gas Undercuts Climate Change Progress In a 2020 presidential debate in Nashville, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said he would “transition away from the oil […]
Cardinal Call: Rent Prices Up Amid Leasing Season
On Tuesdays, the Daily Cardinal — one of UW-Madison’s student newspapers — shares the latest in campus news. This week, producer Hope Karnopp talks with city news writer Gavin Escott […]
Economic Updates with Richard Wolff
For today’s show, host Esty Dinur welcomes back renowned economist Richard Wolff for a discussion of ongoing crises of the day—including hurricane season, inflation and world economics, the war in […]
