It's been a few days since the last one, so I run through some news you might have missed. Verizon will pocket its tax cut. Exxon quintupled its profit. Student debt is dragging down the economy, and young people are unionizing. Finally, let's talk about a plan I call "Soil Economics" https://heavy.com/news/2018/02/risks-costs-private-water-lead-poison/ https://www.themaven.net/beingliberal/room/verizon-will-pocket-tax-cut-savings-not-create-better-network-or-jobs-KshzJNl4zEu6eyAOM7JPkQ https://bangordailynews.com/2018/02/05/business/ll-bean-starts-employee-buyouts-ends-pension-plan/ http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-20150531-story.html https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/02/02/exxon-mobil-profit-trump-tax-cut/300076002/ http://www.epi.org/publication/biggest-gains-in-union-membership-in-2017-were-for-younger-workers/ http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/11/health/aetna-california-investigation/index.html http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/02/lets-cancel-everyones-student-debt-for-the-economys-sake.html https://www.wvgazettemail.com/life/historian-shines-light-on-region-s-forgotten-history-of-slaves/article_a5dcfb35-fd5f-50c7-9b06-51f456cde046.html