What is Public Debt? How is money printed? And how do Governments pay for Wars?
Professor Richard Wolff talks with acTVism Munich about public debt, the process of printing money, the role that corporate banks play...
Read moreEconomic Update: Economics, Psychology and Trump
On this week's Economic Update, Prof. Richard Wolff presents updates on Citibank says it favors the rich, French presidential elections, US college admissions favor the rich, injustice of...READ MORE
How Capitalism Gave Birth to Trump…The Big Picture RT
Prof. Wolff joins The Big Picture to discuss capitalism and how it may have helped Trump get elected.
Read moreEconomic Update: Capitalism in Trouble
On this week's Economic Update, Prof. Richard Wolff presents updates on major troubles (Brexit, Trump, etc.), student debt penalty, New York billionaires ask to be taxed, Trump's job fantasies, Seattle's official renters commission, age discrimination...READ MORE
Donald Trump Wants to Gut Protections for Bank Customers. Here's How to Fight Back.
This article originally appeared at MotherJones.com and was written by Meagan Day. Prof. Wolff was interviewed and quoted for this piece.
Read moreThe Trump Stock Market Really In Jeopardy? The Big Picture RT
With the stock market up after 8 straight days of losses, Prof. Richard Wolff talks with The Big Picture RT's Thom Hartmann about whether the economy is still heading towards another crash.
Read moreEconomic Update: Capitalism and Democracy
On this week's Economic Update, Prof. Wolff provides updates on Puerto Rico, slave labor in the cocoa fields, worsening UK inequality, leaders imposing austerity on others, Canada's Girl Guides among tourists to shun US. Major discussions...READ MORE
Bankruptcy Protection, Debt Jubilee, Students Debt and the Credit System
In this interview Professor Richard D. Wolff talks about bankruptcy protection, debt jubilee, students debt and the function that a credit system serves in our society today.
- Why are individual guaranteed bankruptcy protection and nation states are not?
- What is debt jubilee? What relevance does debt jubilee have in today's day and age?
- Why students and working class people taking on more and more debt?
- Why are students particularly vulnerable to predatory lending?
- Is debt being used by financial institutions as a system of control?
Richard Wolff - Is Amazon the #1 Threat To Jobs? - The Big Picture RT
Prof. Wolff joins The Big Picture's Thom Hartmann to talk about major threats to American jobs. Amazon is one of the most successful American businesses of the past few decades. But is it leading to job losses for American workers.
Read moreEconomic Update: Housing Crisis US
On this week's Economic Update, Prof. Wolff provides updates on FED and interest rates, new US and China inequality data, BLS on wage stagnation, Ford and...READ MORE
Economic Update: Questions about Capitalism
On this week's Economic Update, Prof. Wolff gives updates on Caterpillar tax evasion, Obamacare, slave labor for immigrants, Harvard and slavery...READ MORE
Prof. Wolff Explains why Capitalism is Collapsing
Prof. Wolff talks with Lee Camp on Redacted Tonight about the impact of having Goldman Sachs CEOs occupying positions of power in the White House, the likelihood of another financial collapse akin to the one in 2008 and the importance of promoting democracy in the workplace.
Read moreGlobal Capitalism: March 2017 Monthly Economic Update
Global Capitalism: "Is Capitalism Fading? Is System Change Underway?"
with Richard D. Wolff
Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work, Left Forum & Judson Memorial Church
"Trump's Economy: Talk vs. Reality" at Berkeley City College
The Berkeley City College Students for Socialism Club and the Jerry L. Adams Endowment Fund present "Trump's Economy: Talk vs. Reality" with Prof. Richard Wolff.
Read moreBe Very Very Careful About the Stock Market…Here’s Why
Prof. Wolff joins Thom Hartmann on The Big Picture to talk about what's really behind the bull market - and is a crash inevitable?
"Trump Signs New Travel Ban Directive" BBC Business Matters
Prof. Wolff joins BBC's Business Matters to discuss President Trump's travel ban.
President Trump has issued an executive order putting in place a new travel ban. Is it legally watertight this time? We hear from Ambassador Norman Eisen who was senior counsel to President Obama and David Rivkin, a lawyer who served under Presidents Reagan and George Bush senior.
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This article by Richard Wolff was originally published in English.
...بە درێژایی سەدەی ڕابردوو، سیستەمی سەرمایەداری خراپترین نیەتەکانی خۆی نیشانداوە لەنێوانیشیاندا داڕمانی گەورەی ساڵی
Read moreEconomic Update: Unfinished Revolution: Women's Paid Labor
On this week's episode of Economic Update, Prof. Wolff provides updates on Takata airbags and auto company misdeeds, Trump's defense spending, deepening inequality, why capitalism provokes...READ MORE
KPFA's Letters and Politics: Conversation on the Economics of Trump and Immigration
Prof. Wolff joins Mitch Jeserich from KPFA's Letters and Politics to speak about the current state of the globalized capitalist system and more.
Read moreEconomic Update: Economics: Where Theories Clash
On this week's Economic Update, Prof. Wolff provides updates on the exploitation of adjuncts that weakens US higher education and on US's extreme wealth inequality. Major discussion of...READ MORE
Richard D. Wolff - What is Capitalism & Socialism? What differentiates them from each other?
In this interview Prof. Wolff answers...READ MORE
Economic Update: Real Economic Journalism
On this week's Economic Update, Prof. Wolff provides updates on stock market bounce, Swiss voters stop corporate tax giveaway, why public are better than private schools, billionaires party...READ MORE
Economic Update: Solving Old Economic Problems
On this week's Economic Update, Prof. Wolff provides updates on Vermont brewery becoming a worker coop, profitability proves nothing, Trump knocks "fiduciary rule," immigration reduces crime, Pelosi...READ MORE
Global Capitalism: February 2017 Monthly Economic Update
Economic Update: Women's Movement Economics
On this week's Economic Update, Prof. Wolff provides updates on NFL's income redistribution, big bucks for Starbucks CEO, US health data, pension benefits cut, Goldman Sachs in...READ MORE