As Reagan's economic policies take us down the road towards oligarchy, is a hard correction to the economy about to happen? And how have Republicans created a Medicare crisis? Meanwhile, the real cause of our economic weakness: the failure of Reaganism to support the middle class.

Economist Dr. Richard Wolff returns to the show- is a correction to the capitalist system imminent? ~~~ How is Trump's withdrawal of the Volcker rule making our banking system more unstable? ~~~ Thom reads from new books 'Winner Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, 'The Fight for the Four Freedoms', and 'The Third Pillar: How markets and the state leave humanity behind'. ~~~ Plus- the burgeoning crisis that Republicans have created to undermine Medicare.

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