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icupdate Economic Update: [[S8 E25] Cooperation Jackson: A Closer Look THIS WEEK'S TOPICS (w/timestamps): 00:54 - Updates on massive international study of profit-driven food production; 05:32 - the huge costs of contemporary loneliness; 07:47 - the police raid of Deutsche Bank; 10:08 - falling house prices;  12:05 - Belgium follows France in mass street demonstrations; 12:58 - and how the U.S. economy is hurt by the poor incomes of Millennials; 14:15 - announcements. 15:12 - SPECIAL GUEST: Kali Akuno, the co-founder of Cooperation Jackson, the Mississippi development project focused on worker co-ops. To watch the second half of the interview, please visit us at https://www.patreon.com/economicupdate Follow us ONLINE: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/economicupdate Websites: http://www.democracyatwork.info/economicupdate http://www.rdwolff.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EconomicUpdate http://www.facebook.com/RichardDWolff http://www.facebook.com/DemocracyatWrk Twitter: http://twitter.com/profwolff http://twitter.com/democracyatwrk Instagram: http://instagram.com/democracyatwrk Subscribe to our podcast: http://economicupdate.libsyn.com Shop our Store: http://bit.ly/2JkxIfy -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kali Akuno is Co-­Founder and Director of Cooperation Jackson. He served as the Director of Special Projects and External Funding in the Mayoral Administration of the late Chokwe Lumumba of Jackson, MS. Kali is a human rights educator, writer, and an organizer focusing on building organizations and institutions for working class and oppressed communities. Kali is also the co-editor of "Jackson Rising: the Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, MS