Richard D. Wolff

Prof Wolff in the ABC News article "Fed rate hikes haven't curbed inflation much. These policies would work, economists say" by Max Zahn. 

"It's a big fat mess," said Wolff. "There should've been a debate before launching into interest rates. There should've been a discussion between political leaders and the public."

Prof Wolff joins the Thom Hartmann program to discuss: China and the US have adopted different types of capitalism. The world is a place where empires have risen, and those empires have fallen.

On Radio Sputnik's Fault Lines: Manila and Jamarl were joined by Professor Richard Wolff to discuss all things economics, inflation, and how the US economy is destined for a crash.

Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how fears of an all-out economic crisis are deepening as FedEx announces that it expects a global recession based on a sharp decline in world shipping activity, and a higher-than expected inflation report deepens the federal reserve’s determination to raise interest rates. The capitalist class remains determined to drive the economy off a cliff to eviscerate workers’ living standards and bargaining power.

[S12 E36] New

This week on Economic Update, Prof. Wolff talks about the prospects for a labor-union-worker co-op alliance; megacorp stock buybacks; why and how US/UK sanctions on Russia failed so far; the financial abuse of US retirees; and lastly...READ MORE

On Zero Hour with RJ Eskow, Prof Wolff joins to discuss: how would a "People's Fed" behave? 

On the Thom Hartmann program: New Data shows that fear of recession and inflation are easing but Economist Richard Wolff warns us, that we still have to worry about the system that creates recession after recession.

Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how the corporate-owned media has been consumed with wall-to-wall coverage of the death of the Queen, fawning over the British monarchy. But the lifestyle that’s being celebrated is one based on plunder and empire. While their “subjects” live in poverty, the royals live a life of total luxury – all because they were lucky enough to be born into the right family.

In this week’s show, Prof. Wolff gives updates on China's changed global economic strategy, California's struggle over higher minimum wages, Boston Mayor siding with Starbucks' strikers, and “regulatory capture" issue again as Philip Morris hires top FDA tobacco scientist. In the second half of the show, Wolff interviews Rob Robinson...READ MORE

Prof Wolff is interviewed for the Yes! Magazine article: "The Past, Present, and Future of Work", by Chris Winters. 

“Marx’s point (one of many) was that slavery, feudalism, and capitalism have something very similar in common. In all of those systems, a very small number of people are in the catbird seat,” says Richard Wolff, professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a visiting professor at the New School in New York City.

On MintPress News: As the US and Europe are imperiled by an economic crisis, Lowkey and economist Dr. Richard Wolff discuss the links between the war in Ukraine, inflation and the class war at home.

Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how Europe has plunged into an even deeper energy crisis as Russia cuts off imports through the Nord Stream pipeline in response to western sanctions. While US and European leaders pledged that sanctions would quickly bring the Russian economy to its knees, is the reality in fact the opposite?

Prof Wolff joins Rising on The Hill TV to discuss troubling signs the housing market is posing in the U.S. economy, as the Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates.

Prof Wolff joins Zero Hour with RJ Eskow to discuss: Can the rust belt be saved? 

Prof Wolff joins the Thom Hartmann program to discuss: Multi-billion dollar factories are being built across the US, helping employment and bringing manufacturing back home. Really? Take that with a huge bag of salt. What will happen? A continuing decline in good jobs and actual manufacturing is more likely.

Prof Wolff joins the KPFA Evening News (Sunday) on August 28, 2022 to discuss student debt forgiveness and the economics of the higher education system. 

[S12 E34] New

This program covers the origins, evolution, and current significance of "communism." After a brief history of communism as a utopian ideal of community, we treat Marx's presentation in the Communist Manifesto, and then communism's subordination to "socialism" to World War 1. That War changed everything. It split socialists everywhere into a Socialist Party and a Communist Party with key differences but also commonalities. When most European communist parties collapsed...READ MORE

Article by Richard D. Wolff

"Class warfare lies behind how many politicians, mass media, and academics explain the economic problems requiring the solutions that their policies offer."

[S12 E33] New

In this week’s show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on record homelessness in New York City, rapidly rising US household debt as recession looms, Washington retreats from globalization to economic nationalism, and 2.2 million in US lacking running water. In the second half of the show, Wolff Interviews Dr. Harriet Fraad...READ MORE

Prof Wolff joined a panel presented by DSA International to discuss the war in Ukraine and its impacts on women, workers, and the global south. Panelists included:
-Olena Lyubchenko (Ukraine)
-Yurii Sheliazhenko (Ukraine)
-Richard Woff (US)
-Sopo Japaridze (Georgia)
-Pawel Wargan (Poland)
-Vijay Prashad (India)

Prof Wolff joins The Afternoon Buzz on WHMP Radio on 8.22.22 to discuss his latest article: The Truth About Markets. 

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Prof Wolff, to discuss the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act and why it is too little and too late to do anything for working and poor people, and more. 

Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the student debt crisis. With an announcement expected imminently on the fate of the national freeze on student debt payments, pressure is mounting on the Biden administration to not only extend the moratorium, but also cancel a substantial amount of the crushing debt burden tens of millions of people in the United States are under. How did we end up in a situation where borrowers have accumulated over $1.7 trillion in debt just because they wanted to get an education?

[S12 E32] New

In this week's show, Prof. Wolff defines recession and shows its relation to inflation and stagflation in their respective roles within capitalism's inherent instability. Rooted in the structure of capitalism, recessions represent both costly burdens on employers and employees alike and also strong incentives to question, challenge, and go beyond...READ MORE

StarBucks workers are unionizing, so are Amazon workers, your work place just had a union meeting as you read this. Trade unions are a way for workers to stop exploitative labor practices, fight for better wages or benefits and exercise workplace democracy... so why are capitalists treating unions like the Big Bad Wolff?