Professor Richard Wolff makes a radio appearance for KPFT's The Monitor on 90.1FM

Professor Richard Wolff's interview begins 1:03:00 into the show.

Appeared in the Guardian "Comment is Free" on March 1st, 2011

On Economic Update with Professor Richard Wolff, Wolff and guests will discuss the current state of the economy, both locally and globally in relation to the economic crisis.We will focus on wages, jobs, taxes, and debts - and on interest rates, prices, and profits. We aim to explain why certain economic changes are happening and other changes get postponed or blocked and we will explore alternative ways to organize enterprises, markets, and government policies.

 

On Sunday, January 16th, 2011, Professor Wolff spoke at the Berkley Hillside Club. These four parts of the talk begin with a short introduction and end with a question and answer session that took place at the event.

Prospects for the Left in the United States are far better than they seem to most observers across the political spectrum (excepting those who fantasize imminent revolutionary uprisings spear-headed by 79-year-old sociology professors). The economic crisis has bitten hard and deep. Millions of people have been impacted by high unemployment and home foreclosures, by decreased job benefits and job security, and by the realization that none of these afflictions will end soon. A sense of betrayal is settling into the popular consciousness.

Nothing better shows corporate control over the government than Washington's basic response to the current economic crisis.  First we had "the rescue" and then "the recovery."  Trillions in public money flowed to the biggest US banks, insurance companies, etc.  That "bailed" them out (suggestion of criminality?) while we waited for benefits to "trickle down" to the rest of us.  As usual, the "trickle down" part has not happened.

Professor Richard D. Wolff appeared on Redeye: Vancouver Cooperative Radio to discuss the myth of the economic recovery.

Building a Powerful Left in the United States" is a special radio series focusing on the questions: How can a powerful left-wing political movement take shape in the United States? What policies and programs would such a “left” promote? How would it articulate and spread its message, so that it gains a critical mass of support across the US population? And how do we build such a movement? Hear prominent authors, intellectuals, and activists in conversation around the big questions for our times.

These Tuesday evenings each begin with an update and analysis of major economic events of the last month and their contexts of longer-term economic trends shaping politics and society here and abroad. We focus on the evolving global capitalist economic crisis and its consequences. Topics examined include