Richard D. Wolff

Prof. Wolff answers a question from a listener from Tampa, FL.

To what extent do the owners of the country: the billionaires, the CEO's and the people who live only off their investments (and do not work for a living- aka the idle rich)- to what extent are they threatened by low and moderate income people who have a right to health care, a living wage, affordable housing and no worry about college debt? To what extent does a comfortable working class and a comfortable moderate-income class-- threaten the super rich? Another way to ask this is to put this is: Do the super-rich want the rest of us to be uncomfortable, economically speaking? Why?"

US and China: 1 Global Economy, 2 Giants - Tariffs, Competition, Deals: What’s Coming

These programs begin with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month, then Prof. Wolff analyzes several major economic issues. For March 2019, these issues will include...READ MORE

Prof. Wolff responds to President Trump's 2020 budget proposal.

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This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff gives a shout out to the striking Oakland school teachers and delivers updates on the dangers of declining pensions, a bank fined for helping wealthy clients evade taxes, the U.S. and the EU in...READ MORE

A patron asks:  Is religion an opium of the people? Is religious faith generally harmful to worker solidarity or cooperation? I know a catholic priest founded Mondragon, but most of the anarchists fighting Franco and establishing worker controlled industries were anti religious before the civil war ended...

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This week’s episode of Economic Update features updates from Prof. Wolff on the economics of immigration, France's yellow vests join union-called general strike, demonstrations against Sackler family's profiting from...READ MORE

Wolff joins News.Views.Hughes to discuss reports that the Trump Administration intends to limit or ban Chinese telecommunications equipment by next week.

Wolff joins Hartmann to discuss the US' slow and deliberate destruction of Venezuela.

Wolff joins Boom Bust to talk about current US-China trade talks.