Richard D. Wolff

“Since the days of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, two things have been growing together,” Wolff told Truthout. “The growth and spread of capitalism and the growth and spread of environmental disaster.”

- Professor Wolff for an article on Truthout "Mainstream Media Attention to IPCC Report Neglected Real Cause of Emissions," by Frances Madeson. 

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20th century socialism is now behind us. Socialists continued to evaluate both its achievements and failures via extensive self-criticism. A changed socialism has emerged, focused on a transition of workplaces from top-down hierarchical capitalist structures into democratic worker cooperatives...READ MORE

On The Socialist Program with Brian Becker: We discuss the military-industrial complex in the wake of the nuclear submarine deal between the United States and Australia, which sparked a diplomatic crisis with France. A new alliance between the US, Australia and the UK trashed a submarine deal France had with Australia worth tens of billions of dollars, awarding the sale instead to the United States. How does the war economy help keep U.S. capitalism afloat?

On Thom Hartmann Program: Global markets have watched anxiously as a huge and deeply indebted Chinese property company flirts with default, fearing that any collapse could ripple through the international financial system.

The Evergrande saga has seen a new development as it has met a crucial debt deadline, but has the move assuaged investors? Professor Richard Wolff offers his analysis of the Chinese housing sector on Boom Bust. 

Prof Wolff joins a video for AJ+: Ever wonder how billionaires got so much richer during the pandemic while you and people you know struggled? Well, chalk it up to the stock market. Just 10% of Americans own 90% of stocks – so it's easy to see why the vast majority of people don't benefit from the market's gains when it performs well. So how exactly does the stock market work, who controls it and who wins out?

Article by Richard D. Wolff

"If we define capitalism in terms of the employer-employee internal structure of its enterprises—what Marx termed their “social relations of production”—most socialisms to date have not yet accomplished transitions beyond capitalism. To do that, they would have to change the prevalent internal organization of their enterprises to democratic worker cooperatives. Indeed, that has now become the task for 21st-century socialism."

Democrats in Congress have proposed a drastic revision to President Biden’s original tax reform proposal, with a capital gains tax rate of 25 percent instead of 40 percent. Professor Richard Wolff joins Rick Sanchez to share his thoughts. He calls the change a “pathetic caving-in of the Democratic Party” and says that it proves the super-rich and corporations dominate both major US political parties.

In a recent investigative report, NPR found that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) knowingly sold homes to the poor and working class in known flood zones. Places like Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and even Hawaii where flooding is a real threat. HUD sold homes without proper disclosure to the buyers of the risk. For an agency intended to assist low-income buyers in achieving the so-called American dream of home ownership, the government has failed these buyers. 

Prof Wolff joins KPFA Evening News. 

On this episode of The Socialist Program, Prof Wolff joins to discuss one of the key ways that the biggest capitalist enterprises receive huge government assistance -- quantitative easing. This policy, carried out by central banks, has been the subject of major debate in recent weeks. What is quantitative easing, and is it going away any time soon?

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This program is devoted to Occupy Wall Street (OWS) on its 10th anniversary. Prof. Wolff discusses OWS as a historic turning point, as legacy for the US left, and his personal experience. Wolff presents OWS's 4 basic causes...READ MORE

Neoliberalism is not what it sounds like, it is much worse. Thom and Prof Richard Wolff discuss neoliberalism and what can be done to undo the damage from it.

In the wake of Guinea's unrest rocking aluminum markets, could we soon see China looking elsewhere for its supply? Professor Richard Wolff joins Boom Bust to discuss the possibility of a new era of relations with Australia.

Brian and Prof. Wolff discuss the state of unemployment in America. Politicians and the media talk constantly about the post-COVID economic recovery, but last month’s weak jobs report suggests that workers are still in the midst of crisis. And despite this dire situation, the unemployment relief programs passed at the onset of the pandemic have now expired. On The Socialisti Program with Brian Becker. 

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On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on the complexities of anti-vaccination movements, the long decline of religion in US capitalism, Disneys’s shift to serve the richest, lessons from AFL-CIO chief Richard Trumka's leadership, and failures of GOP, Dem leaders to stop last 75 years ...READ MORE

On the Thom Hartmann Program: Outlawing abortion is more dangerous than the GOP wants you to think... Thom and Prof Richard Wolff explore the economics of women not having access to abortions.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Washington D.C. as part of a visit to discuss the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline with U.S. leaders. Boom Bust's Ben Swann lends his insight to the visit and what issues are being covered in the talks. The meeting comes just one day after President Biden has announced that the U.S. is done with nation-building. Professor Richard Wolff analyzes the fallout from the conflict and just how much the U.S. has spent on the war.

Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the Supreme Court ruling overturning the federal eviction moratorium and putting 11 million people at risk of being thrown onto the streets in the middle of a pandemic. The rationale used by the court to issue this cruel edict is the essence of capitalism -- protect property owners’ “right to exclude” at all costs. On The Socialist Program. 

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On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on Alabama miners' strike, how China's focus on reducing inequality affects competition with the US, and the economics of the "right to repair" consumers' movement in the US...READ MORE

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This week on Economic Update, Prof. Wolff discusses the new US program for monthly child benefits; why Covid strengthens some and divides other nations; the myth of "labor shortage;" the real cost of ultra-luxury cruises; Uber and sexual assaults; and lastly, the outsized US costs of healthcare...READ MORE

Jordan speaks with Professor Richard Wolff about the propaganda being pushed by corporate media that the economy is roaring back on Status Coup News