Economic Update: Economic/social costs of Prisons
On this week's episode of Economic Update, Prof. Wolff provides updates on people forming coops in Detroit and Fridley, Minn; VW's guilty plea and Cuomo's fake numbers; real reason for...
LIVE ON JAN. 15 AT 1PM: acTVism Freedom & Democracy Livestream

Tune into acTVism Munich's Freedom & Democracy panel, where Richard D. Wolff joins Edward Snowden, Srecko Horvat and Paul Jay for a livestreamed event from Munich, Germany... READ MORE
Global Capitalism: January 2017 Monthly Economic Update
"Fixing Capitalism v. Moving to Another System"
Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work,
Left Forum & Judson Memorial Church
TRNN: Obama's Economic Legacy: Recovery for the Architects of Financial Crisis
Underpinning people's rage towards the establishment is the sense that modern capitalism is no longer working, says economist Richard Wolff . For working people in the United States, the last 10 years have been very, very bad. And what's worse is they come on top of the previous 20 years, when they weren't very good either -- which is why the gap between rich and poor has gotten so much more extreme...it's why the predictions that Mr. Obama's successor, Mrs. Clinton, would win the election, that assumption was destroyed. And, in large part, it was because the reality of what has happened to working people's situation turned them against the Democratic Party, made them leave the Democratic Party, and particularly the central wing, the Clinton wing.
Read moreEconomic Update: Economics of Emotional Labor
On this week's episode of Economic Update, Prof. Wolff interviews Dr Harriet Fraad on emotional labor. READ MORE
Capitalism Is the Problem
This article originally appeared at Truthout.org
Over the last century, capitalism has repeatedly revealed its worst tendencies: instability and inequality. Instances of instability include the Great Depression (1929-1941) and the Great Recession since 2008, plus eleven "downturns" in the US between those two global collapses. Each time, millions lost jobs, misery soared, poverty worsened and massive resources were wasted. Leaders promised...READ MORE
Kapitalismus vs. Sozialismus: Eine neue Debatte

This article by Richard Wolff was originally published in English. Dieser Artikel von Richard Wolff wurde ursprünglich in Englisch veröffentlicht.
Wieder einmal gefährden die Widersprüche, Fehler und Schwächen des Kapitalismus‘ seine eigene Existenz. READ MORE
Economic Update: We Can Do Better Than Capitalism
On this week's episode of Economic Update, Prof. Wolff provides updates on mistreated homeless, keeping millions from voting, 'I, Daniel Blake,' 3000 water systems like,Trump's foreign employees, unequal retirement USA, Sen Whitehouse on anti-science. READ MORE
How Trump Could Bring on the Crash of 2016
Prof. Wolff joins Thom Hartmann on The Big Picture to discuss Trump’s economic and trade policies. If Trump cuts taxes and ramps up defense spending, the U.S. could be looking at a shift back to Reagan-era economics.
Read moreEconomic Update: Xmas vs Economic Realities

On this week's episode of Economic Update, Prof. Wolff provides updates on politicians lying about economics, fines for big banks, Maine votes left, int students come less to US, Pebble Mine struggle, fading American dream. READ MORE