Richard D. Wolff

Global Capitalism: "The GOP/Trump Plan for 2018: CUT SOCIAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS

These programs begin with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month, then Wolff analyzes several major economic issues. For January 2018, these issues will include...Read More

Prof. Richard Wolff joins Thom Hartmann on The Thom Hartmann Program to discuss the possibility of a new economic crash.

On this week's show, Prof. Richard D. Wolff delivers updates on net neutrality, workplace sexual harassment, bitcoin, worsening global inequality, Europe's recovery and instability, and...READ MORE

This week on Economic Update, Prof. Richard D. Wolff delivers updates on Economic Threats: Corbyn vs Morgan Stanley, cars for super-rich, information vs profit, Fed chair Powell's over-reach, why regulations...READ MORE

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In response to the passage of the GOP tax bill, many voices are now offering variations on the theme of "speak truth to power." It's true enough that tax overhaul, coming after 30 years of widening inequality, widens it further. It is likewise yet another exercise in trickle-down economics, the policy promise that direct economic help to corporations and the rich will eventually lift up the rest of us. The GOP and Trump conveniently disregard the countless economists who have shown that trickle-down is a false promise.

Prof. Wolff joins Brian Becker and John Kiriakou of Loud & Clea to talk about the Republican Tax Plan which could be signed into law as early as next week. 

On this week's show, Prof. Richard D. Wolff presents updates on UK company's parental leave policies, Citibank fined for abusing student borrowers, US tobacco companies...READ MORE

Prof. Wolff speaks with Don DeBar of Community Public Radio about Trump's tax plan.

On this week's show, Prof. Richard D. Wolff provides updates on the international response to Trump’s tax plan, the impact of the GOP tax plan on U.S. graduate students, foreclosure stats and the...READ MORE

In this educational video Professor Richard D. Wolff talks to acTVism Munich about whether libertarianism is compatible with capitalism.

On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Prof. Richard D. Wolff covers updates on Uber’s corrupt profiteering, the immoral cancer research conducted and sponsored by the sugar industry, the conflict of...READ MORE

Prof. Richard D. Wolff joins The Jimmy Dore Show and talks about the Trump and his administration.

Solution For Capitalism's Brutalities Easier Than You Think with Prof. Richard D. Wolff and Jimmy Dore of The Jimmy Dore Show.

Establishment Politics Failing Worldwide with Prof. Richard D. Wolffand Jimmy Dore of The Jimmy Dore Show.

Prof. Richard D. Wolff discusses wealth inequality in the US most severe since Ancient Egypt on The Jimmy Dore Show.

Prof. Richard D. Wolff joins The Jimmy Dore Show and explains the ever growing wealth inequality in the US.  

This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the corrupt Congressional "tax reform," how giant corporations continue to abuse power, the GE CEO who wasted millions of dollars, the role the corporate structure plays in...READ MORE

Professor Wolff talks with acTVism Munich about whether the solutions to today’s socio-economic problems lie within reform or revolution.

This week’s Economic Update features updates on Maine’s progressive economic changes, the documentation by the U.S. Senate on how the wealthiest abuse the estate tax, how Nestle is profiting from...READ MORE

On this week's episode, Prof. Richard D. Wolff elaborates on his critique of Uber and the gig economy, discusses US Senators endorsing inequality, Norway’s recent decision to pay male and female athletes equally, why corporations...READ MORE

These programs begin with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month. Then Wolff analyzes several of today’s major economic issues. For November 2017, these will include...READ MORE

This article originally appeared at Truthout.org

Economically, he was one of the growing millions without a secure, meaningful, socially approved, well-paid job. He had previously amassed money by buying and selling real estate, but had no ongoing job. He lacked the relationships that flow from working with others to accomplish a shared goal where each person has a part to play. The stability of a daily job and the people to whom that job connects you are bulwarks against loneliness and mental instability.

On this week's show Prof. Richard D. Wolff presents updates on mostly low-paid service jobs in US future, Senate deregulates banks, college spending per student reinforces income inequality, US loneliness a factor in...READ MORE

On this week's show, Prof. Richard D. Wolff discusses privatized probation, how New Zealand is rejecting austerity, how the rise in electricity service disconnections prove there is no "recovery," why more and more...READ MORE