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Born Sick in the USA: Improving The Health of a Nation

Apr 21, 2026

On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff provides updates on the 3 major teachers’ unions struggling with the LA Unified School District, rising electricity costs in the U.S., and corrupt utility commissions,  and on the extreme redistribution of wealth from the lower 99% to the richest 1% in the U.S. from 1990 to 2025. The second half of today’s show features an interview with public health professor Stephen Bezruchka on the economic and political roots of widespread sickness in the U.S., as analyzed in his new book, “Born Sick in the USA: Improving the Health of a Nation”.


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