Richard D. Wolff

What does a weak or strong dollar mean to you? What do those terms mean, and how do these policy differences affect average people? Thom Hartmann & Professor Wolff talk about wage inflation, worker insecurity and rising prices in the context of a weak dollar. The dollar is weak under Biden while Trump professed the the dollar was strong? Why? Professor Richard Wolff joined Thom to take exchange rates, plus buying and selling dollars.

The Biden administration has now declined to place sanctions on the highly-controversial Nord Stream 2 Pipeline project that is set to deliver natural gas from Russia to Germany. Professor Richard Wolff, host of "Economic Update," gives his analysis on the latest decision from the United States and what impact it could have on geopolitical relations.

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On this week's show, Prof. Wolff discusses Bernie Madoff's $ 82 billion swindles and capitalism's incentives for swindling, the economics of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...READ MORE

Brian Becker and Prof. Wolff begin a series of discussions about the basics of Marxism — a method for understanding and changing the world used by many of the great revolutionaries of modern history. Today, they discuss what a monopoly is, and how there is a natural tendency to monopoly under capitalism.

Professor Richard Wolff joins Jesse Ventura to talk about the state of the U.S. economy one year after the pandemic began.

The GOP wants to sabotage the economy to turn the people against President Biden, and the way they want to do it will make you sick! No matter how hard Rand Paul and his Republican colleagues try, enough of us are vaccinated now that they won’t get America back to those kinds of terrible numbers. But they apparently think they can get the numbers to stay high enough that the economy will remain in crisis and Republicans can use it as a wedge issue to win back the presidency. Professor Richard Wolff joined Thom to shed some light on the GOP's dark plan, and the relationship between the economy and politics.

Professor of economics, Richard Wolff joins Saagar Enjeti & Krystal Ball on The Hill's Rising to discuss the latest jobs numbers. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the U.S. economy added 266,000 jobs last month.

Prof. Richard Wolff joins News Views Hughes to address the debate over whether stimulus payments and extended unemployment benefits dis-incentivize full-time employment.

Zac & Gavin of The Vanguard Podcast are joined in conversation by the great socialist economist Richard D. Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst for a wide ranging conversation.

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On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents an analysis of how and why capitalism is an undemocratic economic system...READ MORE

Biden takes on the Gig Economy. Was it all a ruse to exploit workers? Richard Wolff breaks down the lies of the "sharing" economy and offers solutions that can give workers their rights back.

Richard Wolff joins Tripp Fuller on Homebrewed Christianity to discuss Marxism and more. 

Brian Becker and Prof. Wolff discuss the deadly consequences of the U.S. government's stubborn refusal so far to waive patents preventing developing countries from producing their own Coronavirus vaccines -- all to protect the profits of the big pharmaceutical corporations.

Richard Wolff joins The Takeover with Justin Jackson to discuss the current state of capitalism at large, his take on the current US economy, and the rise of China as an economic powerhouse.

Prof Wolff discusses why drugmakers in the United States have been quick to come out against requests for an emergency COVID vaccine waiver to help struggling countries.

Professor Richard Wolff joins Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila on Jacobin Weekends to talk about the historic significance of May Day and rebuilding the trade union movement.

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From 1945 to 1990 we were told a great struggle pitted capitalism against socialism/communism (chiefly the USSR and China). Yet still today, US leaders demonize Russia and China despite the end of communism in the USSR and a huge growth of capitalist enterprises in China. The explanation lies in US capitalism's long history of using nationalism...READ MORE

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"The system’s decline is reproduced because its leaders cannot see the internal production structure of U.S. capitalism as a central problem, let alone change it."

Prof. Wolff joins Brian Becker on The Socialist Program to discuss the latest efforts by the Biden administration to put severe economic pressure on Germany to back out of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, an infrastructure project that would deliver Russian gas to the European market competing with big U.S. oil and gas monopolies.

China's streak of cracking down on major firms has been heating up. What is China's reasoning behind the measures? Professor Richard Wolff explains what's driving Beijing's policy and the reasoning behind these crackdowns. 

Dr. Richard Wolff joins Rick Sanchez to share his expertise on the already-visible signs of inflation in everyday purchases like milk of housing and cars. Is the US on the brink of "stagflation," and should working people expect to be priced out of markets they once took for granted?

This is a recording of the second annual Great Ideas Debate in conjunction with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and the Diana Davis Spencer Foundation. This year's topic was Socialism or Capitalism? and Professor Richard D. Wolff and Professor Arthur C. Brooks debated the resolution: Socialism is preferable to Capitalism as an economic system that promotes freedom, equality, and prosperity. Prof. Wolff was on the affirmative, and Prof. Brooks the negative.

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On this week's episode, Prof. Wolff talks about Rolls Royce's $400,000 cars, unionization defeat at Amazon, why Biden boom is just hype, and progressive wins in the New York...READ MORE

Prof Wolff joins RJ Eskow on The Zero Hour to discuss the US economy and it's perceived "recovery."

Richard Wolff joins Julianna Forlano on Act.tv to discuss the intersection of policing and capitalism in the aftermath of the Derek Chauvin trial, where he was found guilty on all counts in the death of George Floyd.