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The Enright Files: Conversations About The Economy (Mar. 2012 Encore)

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March 5, 2012

Season 2012, Episode 300085524

54:00

Michael Enright host of The Sunday Edition, talks with labour lawyer Brian Langille and labour activist Nancy Riche about what meaning, if any, the 'right to strike' still has. Also a conversation with Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Business about what is wrong with the stock market.

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