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Profit, Power, and Policy | Business Ethics Insights
Dive into political economy, business ethics, and economic policy with professors Bill Keep and Nancy Lasher as they examine competitive markets and expose anti-competitive behavior and market collusion threatening today's economy. Learn how Adam Smith's principles apply to modern economic challenges.
Profit, Power, and Policy | Business Ethics Insights
Trucks underwater, shadow debt, and record low consumer confidence: Does the government care?
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In this episode, we analyze inflation effects on fuel and housing, record consumer debts including credit cards and auto loans, and a historic drop in consumer confidence. Economic stress shows in underwater car loans, HELOCs used for consolidating debt, historic low savings, and more multigenerational households. The K-shaped economy fuels wealth concentration amid rising threats of job losses from AI, tariffs, and stagnant wages.