What the Economy Means for our Nation
Richard D. Wolff joins Chuck and Mark from Blunt Force Truth podcast to discuss current and historical perspectives on the economy, exploring how and why the system we live in generates the economic results we live with.
Read moreEconomic Update: Karl Marx, 1818-1883
This week on Economic Update, Professor Richard D. Wolff delivers updates on global capitalism's extreme inequality (Oxfam report), Victoria's Secret's billionaire owner, why immigration is a “weapon of political distraction”, how the GOP...READ MORE
Prof. Wolff on Chapo Trap House
Will, Amber, and Matt of Chapo Trap House sit down with Professor Richard Wolff to talk Boss Baby and Marx in the 21st Century.
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Economic Update: Capitalism's Excuse: Blame Govt
On this week's show, Professor Richard D. Wolff delivers updates on on capitalist fishing industry self-destructs, how malls mirror US capitalism, blaming government self -destructs in Oklahoma, renationalizing...READ MORE
Blue Collar Buzz: Democratizing The Workplace!
Prof. Richard Wolff talks about what it will take for workers to rise up and turn the tide against rapacious corporate bosses with Blue Collar Buzz.
Democratizing the Workplace through “Worker Self-Directed Enterprises”
This article originally appeared at artsforum.ca
Contemporary capitalism no longer “delivers the goods” (which is understood as a rising standard of real wages) to the majority of people. That classic defense of its instability (e.g. recurrent bouts of unemployment), its deepening economic, political, and cultural inequalities, and its attendant injustices is no longer plausible. In the U.S. since...READ MORE
There’s an Alternative to the Top-Down Capitalist Corporation
CounterSpin interviews Prof. Wolff on economic fundamentals.
Read moreWhat Deficits? Money for All!
Prof. Wolff joins KPFA's Sunday Show to talk about deficit spending in Washington and record profits.
The US economy explained
Prof. Richard Wolff joins "By Any Means Necessary" to talk about the fluctuations in the stock market over the past year, the casino-esque nature of the US economy, the rise of the Chinese economy and what that means for Western capitalism, and if a wave of defaults are on their way for American consumers.
Economic Update: The System's Unwanted Results
This week on Economic Update, Professor Richard D. Wolff delivers updates on economic data hype vs reality, big capitalists gearing up to take on the healthcare capitalists, profit-driven housing rip-offs, why Saudi Arabia is...READ MORE
Koch Bros. Reap $1.4B from GOP Tax Plan
Prof. Wolff joins Democracy Now's Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez to discuss House Speaker Paul Ryan's tweet about a woman whose paycheck increased by $1.50 cents a week, touting it as a major benefit to middle-class workers.
Read moreEconomic Update: Democratize The Enterprise
This week on Economic Update, Professor Richard D. Wolff delivers delivers updates on corporate tax savings not being used for bonuses or wage increases to employees, why U.S. tariffs will fail to rescue jobs, how UK and...READ MORE
On The Ground Radio Interview with Prof. Wolff
Prof. Richard Wolff joins host and creator of On The Ground Radio -Voices of Resistance from the nation's capital Esther Iverem on WPFW 89.3 FM...Read More
The Medical Industrial Complex & Technology
Prof. Wolff's talks with acTVism Munich about the healthcare system of the United States and what possible durable economic solutions could be pursued.
Read moreEconomic Update: Marxism's Contribution
This week on Economic Update, Professor Richard D. Wolff delivers delivers updates on New York City's suit against big oil and dumping $5 billion in fossil fuel investments, fast-rising US consumer debt, further attacks on...READ MORE
The Ties That Bind Sexual Assault, Gender, and 21st-Century Capitalism
The relationship between the three is finally exposed.
This article originally appeared at Alternet.org. Co-authored with Dr. Harriet Fraad.
Read moreEconomic Update: Knowledge, Class & Economics
This week on Economic Update, Professor Richard D. Wolff delivers updates on problems and solutions for workplace discrimination, China's ascending economy, capitalism's cycle of income and wealth inequalities, the winners and the...READ MORE
KPFA Evening News
Prof. Wolff talks with Glenn Reeder of KPFA's Evening News.
Read moreEconomic Update: Capitalism & Addiction: The Opioid Epidemic
On this week's show, Prof. Richard D. Wolff delivers updates on UN report on poverty in the US, Oreos produced in Mexico, US households with zero or negative net worth, Germany's negative utility prices...READ MORE
Are Trump's Ties To Big Banks A Larger Danger To Democracy?
Professor Wolff joins The Thom Hartmann Program to discuss the ongoing investigation into Donald Trump's connections to Russia.
Read moreGlobal Capitalism: January 2018 Monthly Economic Update
Global Capitalism: "The GOP/Trump Plan for 2018: CUT SOCIAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
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 January 2018, these issues will include...Read More
Is America Due for Another Economic Crash?
Prof. Richard Wolff joins Thom Hartmann on The Thom Hartmann Program to discuss the possibility of a new economic crash.
Read moreEconomic Update: The Economy, 2017-2018
On this week's show, Prof. Richard D. Wolff delivers updates on net neutrality, workplace sexual harassment, bitcoin, worsening global inequality, Europe's recovery and instability, and...READ MORE
Economic Update: Public Service Vs. Private Profit
This week on Economic Update, Prof. Richard D. Wolff delivers updates on Economic Threats: Corbyn vs Morgan Stanley, cars for super-rich, information vs profit, Fed chair Powell's over-reach, why regulations...READ MORE
The Truth About Power and Capitalism: A Socialist Response to the Tax Bill
This article originally appeared at truthout.org.
In response to the passage of the GOP tax bill, many voices are now offering variations on the theme of "speak truth to power." It's true enough that tax overhaul, coming after 30 years of widening inequality, widens it further. It is likewise yet another exercise in trickle-down economics, the policy promise that direct economic help to corporations and the rich will eventually lift up the rest of us. The GOP and Trump conveniently disregard the countless economists who have shown that trickle-down is a false promise.
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