The Truth About Markets: UK with Max and Stacy -- 2013 Oct 19 SA

Stacy Summary: The Truth About Markets episode 1292, airing on 19 October 2013 [The Truth About the Price of Semen].

Some of the headlines covered:

• Michael Gove: governments must stop lying to children about life chances | Education secretary says ‘inflated’ GCSE figures were used in past to tell pupils they could go to university or get skilled work

• Thousands of UK’s poor in court over non-payment of council tax: Courts across country fill up with people on lowest incomes as introduction of new council tax charges in April begins to bite

• George Osborne says ‘second-rate Britain’ must rediscover its ‘can do’ attitude: Chancellor dismisses suggestions that China has a ‘sweatshop’ economy and wishes Britain would be more like the communist country

https://ia601903.us.archive.org/8/items/TaM19102013/TaM-1910-2013.mp3