Will ‘Contract with America’ Reduce Monopoly Capitalism?
The Brian Lehrer Show | May 12, 2015
Mayor de Blasio and Senator Elizabeth Warren have unveiled a 'Contract with America' to propose progressive solutions to universal pre-kindergarten, minimum wage, paid family leave, and taxes.
Ravi Batra, professor of economics at Southern Methodist University and the author of End Unemployment Now: How to Eliminate Joblessness, Debt, and Poverty Despite Congress (Palgrave Macmillan Trade, 2015), weighs in on the mayor's policy proposals and suggests ways to fast-track relief for the middle class by bypassing Congress.
