I know—you’re shocked, shocked to hear that major drug companies are dodging taxes & stashing billions in tax havens around the world. Oxfam’s Robbie Silverman joins me to talk about the organization’s blockbuster report, and how Big Pharma’s Gang of Four is hurting millions of people.
Then, it’s over to the nation’s Capitol where the local politicians think they know better than voters: after the people voted to require higher minimum wages for tipped workers, the mayor and her cronies want to repeal the law because they say—get this—the voters are essentially stupid and didn’t understand what they were supporting. I discuss the gory details of this perversion of democracy with David Cooper of the Economic Policy Institute who has a dynamite report on the value of higher wages for tipped workers.
Our Robber Baron of the week is the CEO of Pfizer.
