17. The Social Distancing of Medtronic
03/26/20 • 19 min
For today's special quarantine edition we are shifting our focus to the political economy of Minnesota's Billion dollar Medical Technology industry in light of the Corona virus pandemic. In 2014 Medtronic executed the largest "Tax Inversion" in history, shifting its legal headquarters to Dublin, Ireland in order to take advantage of Ireland's low corporate tax rate. There is a profound connection between Medtronic's tax offshoring and our gutted public health infrastructure in the United States. We look at Medtronic and beyond to ask how MN can have some of the most prosperous Medical companies in the world but not enough tests, masks, beds or ventilators?
As always, shout out to our producer Issac Specktor
For today's special quarantine edition we are shifting our focus to the political economy of Minnesota's Billion dollar Medical Technology industry in light of the Corona virus pandemic. In 2014 Medtronic executed the largest "Tax Inversion" in history, shifting its legal headquarters to Dublin, Ireland in order to take advantage of Ireland's low corporate tax rate. There is a profound connection between Medtronic's tax offshoring and our gutted public health infrastructure in the United States. We look at Medtronic and beyond to ask how MN can have some of the most prosperous Medical companies in the world but not enough tests, masks, beds or ventilators?
As always, shout out to our producer Issac Specktor
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16. Curated Tolerance: the aesthetics of gentrification w/ Amber Delgado
We talked with writer and filmmaker Amber Delgado about her recent essay in Scalawag Magazine and collaborative project "Curated Tolerance: the aesthetics of gentrification". It was great to compare reflections on our experiences of gentrification, housing justice, race, class and art between Amber's base in Durham, North Carolina and us up here in Minneapolis. Check out the fire essay in Scalawag Magazine and follow the IG handle @curatedtolerance to participate in the project - we want to see some MPLS submissions!
https://www.scalawagmagazine.org/2020/02/durham-nc-gentrification-culture/
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