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The Costs of Capitalism's Crisis: Who Will Pay?
Published on January 27, 2012Professor Richard Wolff details the problems of capitalism and urges our recognizing its obsolescence and replacing it with institutions that truly serve the people. Talk at Church of All Souls in New York City, January 24, 2012. Camera, audio: Joe Friendly
Richard Wolff Speaks at Occupy Marin - January 7th, 2012
Published on January 21, 2012Richard Wolff addresses Occupy Marin on January 7th, 2012 and discusses ideas such as imagining a democratic alternative to police evictions of Occupy encampments across America's cities and towns. What if the decision to evict or not had been made by referendum? Voters could have determined whether to continue the long overdue public debates over inequality, injustice and capitalism that were launched and sustained above all by the Occupy encampments.
Global Capitalism - A Monthly Update & Discussion (January 2012)
Published on January 19, 2012Basic prospects for the US economy in 2012 opened this month's update. Most attention focused on analyzing the two main problems now shaking European capitalism: (1) the financial and social costs and implications of European governments' debts and austerity programs aimed to alleviate those debts, and (2) conflicts over Greece's debts and default scenarios. Emphasis was placed on the impact of Europe's crises on the US economy in 2012.
The Crisis of Capitalism with Richard Wolff in conversation with Robert Ovetz Ph.D.
Published on January 10, 2012Global Capitalism - A Monthly Update & Discussion (Dec 2011)
Published on December 15, 2011The chief focus of this talk was a detailed explanation of the linked European economic crises (of the Euro as common currency, of the sovereign debt of major European economies, and of deepening disunity among members of the European community). The particular position and policies of German capitalism are stressed as central to explaining these crises.
Presentation at Ethical Culture Brooklyn
Published on December 15, 2011While the world still reels from the 2008 financial meltdown, the top 1% are doing just fine. But what about the rest of us? Economist Rick Wolff lays out how we got into the financial mess, where we are now and where we might go to create a more just and egalitarian economy.
Starving vs. Splurging in New York
Published on December 13, 2011New York is home to the poorest and richest districts in the U.S. with 380 thousand millionaires and 3 million people on food stamps. RT's Anastasia Churkina takes a look at reality for the rich and the poor in the Big Apple.
Eurozone Woes Result from Mating of Our "Dysfunctional" Political, Economic Systems - Democracy Now
Published on December 2, 2011Thom Hartmann Interview - The Euro Crisis
Published on December 1, 2011Richard Wolff speaks on The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann on Tuesday, November 29th 2011. The Eurozone is creeping closer and closer to spiraling into an economic abyss. And the biggest economy in Europe, Germany, has major reservations about riding in on a white horse to save the day.
The System Has No Way of Solving The Problem
U.S. Economist Richard Wolff about the Crisis in the U.S. and EuropePublished on November 29, 2011The crisis in the U.S. and Europe is not a pure financial crisis, says Wolff. Especially in the U.S. wages have stagnated or even declined since the 70ies with increasing working hours. To keep the consumption going private households and the state had to build up huge debts while assets have concentrated more and more in a small group of capital owners. Instead of paying higher wages workers got loans from the capital owners. At the breakout of the crisis in 2007/2008 this construction collapsed. The system has no way of solving the problem.
Richard Wolff at Occupy Boston
Published on November 22, 2011Rick Wolff is one of the many speakers as part of the Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series at Occupy Boston.
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