Economic Update: Another Gilded Age
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on Theranos bankruptcy and workers' risks, our second "gilded age," mortgage lenders turning to rich borrowers, Trump on...READ MORE
Economic Update: Capitalism Provokes Workers
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the workers' strikes at the University of California, the debate over privatized fire departments, how and why big money is buying...READ MORE
Marx’s Writings: The Communist Manifest and Das Capital
Marking the bicentennial of the birth of Karl Marx, we continue our series of conversations about Marxist ideas and their influence in history. Prof. Wolff talks to KPFA's Letters and Politics Mitch Jeserich about the period when Marx was writing the communist manifesto, his long exile in England and his writing of Das Capital.
Read moreGoing Beyond Bernie: Bringing Democracy to the Work Place
Bernie Sanders cites labor Unions as a start but never the end to democratizing the workplace.
Read moreGlobal Capitalism: May 2018 Monthly Economic Update
Global Capitalism: Linking Trump and Marx’s Critique of Capitalism
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 May 2018, these issues will include... READ MORE
Worker Co-Ops Are Wildly Successful But U.S. Media Ignores
Prof. Wolff joins The Jimmy Dore Show to discuss the success of Worker Co-Ops around the world and how American Capitalists wasted no time trying to exploit workers.
Read moreWe Aren’t Prepared For Capitalism’s Failures
Prof. Wolff on The Jimmy Dore Show discusses the history of socialists running for office, gives his thoughts on contemporary American politics and why we aren’t prepared for capitalism’s failures and never have been.
Read moreMarxist Economic Theory Easily Explained w/Richard Wolff
Prof. Wolff joins The Jimmy Dore Show to talk about Marx and Marxist theories.
Read moreEconomic Update: The Contributions of Karl Marx (Part I)
Professor Wolff takes a deeper look at the life and work of Karl Marx in celebration of the 200th anniversary...READ MORE
An Ode to Eugene V. Debs and the End of Capitalism
This article was written by Jordan Riefe and originally appeared at Truthdig.com
Once upon a time, the word “socialist” wasn’t considered a dirty word. In fact, in 1912, roughly a million people (6 percent of the popular vote), voted for a socialist for president. He is the subject of filmmaker Yale Strom’s new documentary, “American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs,” in limited release in New York from April 27 through May 3 and in Los Angeles from May 4 through May 10.
Read moreEconomic Update: Employees vs. Employers - Endless Tensions
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on German workers who elect almost half of corporate boards of directors, major US corporations with negative...READ MORE
Economic Update: Struggling Against the System
This week’s episode of Economic Update features updates from Professor Richard D. Wolff on teachers' strikes, capitalism abuses facebook, colleges reward...READ MORE
Millennials & Retirement Savings
Prof. Wolff joins RT's Boom Bust to talk about the difficulties millennials are having finding jobs and what that will mean for them when they reach retirement.
Read moreCapitalism’s Betrayal Of The Working Class Could Be Its Undoing
This article originally appeared at Huffingtonpost.com.
Donald Trump is hacking away at working-class benefits. We’re in a period of extreme deregulation, deep tax cuts for business and the rich, extreme protectionism, and rising debt, even as the Federal Reserve increases interest rates. Together, these developments leave the working class with lower wages and benefits, higher prices, and reduced government services.
Read moreEconomic Update: Distorting Economic Truths
This week’s episode o Economic Update features updates Professor Richard D. Wolff on the labor strikes at Disney, home sales and prices drop sharply, Nestle’s approval to profit from privatizing water, UPS and FedEx profit from...READ MORE
Richard D. Wolff on George Orwell, the Military Industrial Complex & the Emancipation of Labour
Professor Wolff talks with acTVism Munich about George Orwell's famous book called "1984", and in particular, the excerpts pertaining to the military expenditure and war.
Read moreEconomic Update: Winds of System Change
This week on Economic Update, Professor Richard D. Wolff provides updates on big French strikes to protect workers' gains, rising sub-prime loans, students pay more as states pay less for public tuition costs, West Virginia teachers strikes...READ MORE
Economic Update: Resistance Economics
This week on Economic Update, Prof. Richard D. Wolff provides updates on the economics of the NRA, Trump’s anti-Chinese tariffs, BMW caught emissions cheating, Brexit's additional lessons, IBM on age discrimination, Tennessee teachers fight and...READ MORE
The coming collapse of the American economic system
Prof. Wolff joins On Contact with Chris Hedges to discuss the coming economic collapse of the United States of America.
Read moreThe Economics Behind Gun Violence and Mass Shootings
Prof. Wolff joins actTV's Julianna Forlano to comment on the March for our Lives.
Read moreWhy The Flattening Yield Curve Should Scare you
The Yield Curve is flattening, but do you know why you should be concerned?
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