Richard D. Wolff

This article originally appeared at Huffpost.com

The answer:worker cooperatives.

Prof. Wolff joins Glenn Reeder on KPFA's The Evening News to discuss Trump and G7 economic summit.

This week on Economic Update, Prof. Richard D. Wolff provides updates on China's growing life expectancy, Ireland's vote on abortion, the reality of unemployment in the U.S., why Amazon offers a...READ MORE

Prof. Wolff joins The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow to talk about economic downturns in a capitalist system.

Prof. Wolff joins RT's Boom Bust to talk about taxes. Taxes; can’t live with them, can’t live without them. From income tax, state tax, to federal tax, and more, they’re part of our lives. 

This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the decline of U.S. cities and the potential of “private cities”, the ever-growing freelancers’ economy, why the U.S. Supreme Court...READ MORE

Prof. Wolff talks about the Trump administration, the collapse of Capitalism, and worker co-ops as a viable solution.

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

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

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.

Bernie Sanders cites labor Unions as a start but never the end to democratizing the workplace. 

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

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.

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.

Prof. Wolff joins The Jimmy Dore Show to talk about Marx and Marxist theories.

Professor Wolff takes a deeper look at the life and work of Karl Marx in celebration of the 200th anniversary...READ MORE

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.

This article was written by Charlotte Umanoff and originally appeared at laprogressive.com.

Richard D. Wolff, a celebrated Marxian economist and author of nine books on Marxism and the decline of capitalism, spoke Monday, April 27 at Occidental College to a packed house in Choi Auditorium. The event was co-sponsored by the LA Progressive and Democracy at Work, the economic justice non-profit co-founded by Wolff.

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

This week’s episode of Economic Update features updates from Professor Richard D. Wolff on teachers' strikes, capitalism abuses facebook, colleges reward...READ MORE

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. 

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. 

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

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.