Richard D. Wolff

Prof. Richard Wolff joins Zero Hour with RJ ESkow to discuss War and Empire: Unintended Consequences. 

Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss Elon Musk, a billionaire, buying Twitter, one of the world's largest mass communications platforms. Why are billionaires so determined to control the information available to the public?

Prof Richard Wolff joins Julianna Forlano on act.tv to discuss the worldwide economic fallout from the Russian attack on Ukraine. Certainly, Russians will feel the brunt of it, given the sanctions levied against the country, and Ukraine will suffer greatly as well. And Europe will also feel economic pain as it relies on Russia to meet its energy needs. But could there be a spillover effect in America? Is a U.S. recession possible? In short, yes, it’s very possible.

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This week on Economic Update, an analysis of Ukraine propaganda war, US inflation worsens, the US college debt crisis and New York City eviction crisis...READ MORE

Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the extreme injustices of the U.S. tax system. Monday was Tax Day — no cause for celebration for millions of ordinary people. But for the ultra rich, it wasn’t so bad. Many of the wealthiest people on the planet actually pay a tax rate that is lower than a typical worker — how do they get away with this scam?

On with Katie Halper, economist Richard Wolff talks about Ukraine, Russia, sanctions, and why this moment is similar to World War One.

103.7 The Beat's Torn N 2 program features host Gregory T. Roberts and co-host Pastor Melvin Burns II and guest Professor of Economics emeritus Richard D. Wolff regarding the Critical Race Theory and more. 

Prof Wolff joins Zero Hour with RJ Eskow to discuss capitalism, the global empire, and Eskow's Grandpa. 

Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss what's coming next for our economy as inflation rises and pressure mounts on the Federal Reserve to pull back its extraordinary support for big business. Is a recession coming?

On Politics Done Right with Egberto Willies, Economist and Professor Dr. Richard Wolff explains why America's capitalism is, as the economic system of past empires, on a permanent decline.

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This week on Economic Update, Prof. Wolff discusses nurses’ suicides as results of our profit-driven healthcare, sanctions and their effect on inflation, US states where 40% of workers earn under $15/hr, and US corporate...READ MORE

Article by Richard Wolff

"Global warfare (“world wars”) accompanied the globalization of capitalism and its profit motive. The war in Ukraine is the latest chapter in the history of capitalism, empire, and war."

GTAA Season 3 Episode 41 with Ben Burgis: Prof. Richard Wolff and Jacobin Staff Writer Branko Marcetic hash out a disagreement on vaccine mandates. Prof. Wolff is critical of such mandates on workers' rights grounds while Branko has strongly endorsed them in Jacobin. Ben Burgis is, just this once a moderator instead of a participant in a debate.

Prof Wolff joins the Thom Hartmann program: The Federal Reserve's fight against inflation will spark a recession in the United States that begins late next year, Deutsche Bank warned on Tuesday. Richard Wolff discusses what the frightening big bank prediction, what a US recession would mean for you and what you can do about it.

On The Socialist Program: Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how Amazon workers in Staten Island made history by forming the first labor union in the United States at the corporate giant. Meanwhile, support for unionization increased as Amazon workers participated in a re-vote at a facility in Bessemer, Alabama, with the final outcome still too close to call. The surge of labor militancy is continuing and taking on bigger and bigger opponents – what comes next?

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In the first half of this week's show, Wolff evaluates US capitalism as a system of production and distribution of goods and services. In the second half, he compares...READ MORE

Prof Wolff joins Thom Hartmann to discuss: Germany buys 40% of its gas from Russia, via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. These contracts are in euros and dollars, yet Russia is now demanding payment in Roubles. Germany has declined and warned that there may be shortages and rationing of gas.

March 25, 2022: On the Afternoon Buzz, Prof Wolff on explains how sanctions work and whether they are likely to be successful. 

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This week on Economic Update, Prof. Wolff talks about oil and gas inflation, its impacts, and politicians' phony solutions, the stagnant US gender pay gap and its significance, and why Americans are experiencing economic crisis, while Biden...READ MORE

Economists Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff join Consortium News Live! to discuss the economic war against Russia, its boomerang effect on the West. 

Richard Wolff joins the first installment of 91.1 WMUA radio program of UMass, Amherst for a new series Legacies of Leftism, an exploration of UMass's radical past, not as a formula but as a foundation for a radical future.

Prof Wolff joins the Creative Process' One Planet podcast to discuss Capitalism & How Socialism Benefits Our Lives & the Planet (53 mins). 

On Thom Hartmann: Ukraine produces a significant amount of the world’s wheat, especially for poorer countries in North Africa and the Middle East.

Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the still increasing costs of many necessities, as the United States flounders in the economic crisis that's now been ongoing for several years. To what extent is the war in Ukraine having an effect?

Prof Wolff joins Julianna Forlano on act.tv to discuss the worldwide economic fallout from the Russian attack on Ukraine.