Economic Update: War and the Left
[S12 E20] New
In this week's show, Prof. Wolff talks about the GOP's stance on student debt forgiveness, US corporations replacing home ownership with rentals, today's US economy not "strong," and left unity, as 4 French left parties work to...READ MORE
Economic Update: Jobs Driving Us Mad
[S12 E19] New
In this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on the unionization of Grinnell College student-workers; US GDP drops 1.4% in Q1 of 2022; food inflation versus rationing; Germany's refugee shame; small US businesses to plan price inflation; and western corporations leaving Russia replaced by...READ MORE
Economic Update: Housing - Human Rights vs. System Failure
[S12 E18] New
In this week's show, Prof. Wolff discusses global impacts of food inflation, endless class struggle over length of the workday and workweek and US deaths by guns. In the second half of the show, Wolff interviews housing activists Manon Vergerio and Velvet Ross (Fannie Lou Diane) on the US housing crisis...READ MORE
Economic Update: Inflation - How Markets Fail
[S12 E17] New
In this week's show, Prof. Wolff talks about Sri Lanka’s economic crisis as a global example, and how US billionaires escape taxation at our expense. In the second half, Wolff discusses...READ MORE
Economic Update: Progressive Politics Win
[S12 E16] New
This week on Economic Update, an analysis of Ukraine propaganda war, US inflation worsens, the US college debt crisis and New York City eviction crisis...READ MORE
Economic Update: Ukraine & An Empire’s Decline
[S12 E15] New
This week on Economic Update, Prof. Wolff discusses nurses’ suicides as results of our profit-driven healthcare, sanctions and their effect on inflation, US states where 40% of workers earn under $15/hr, and US corporate...READ MORE
Economic Update: Capitalism and Its Self-delusions
[S12 E14] New
In the first half of this week's show, Wolff evaluates US capitalism as a system of production and distribution of goods and services. In the second half, he compares...READ MORE
Economic Update: Amazon Workers Organize a Union
[S12 E13] New
This week on Economic Update, Prof. Wolff talks about oil and gas inflation, its impacts, and politicians' phony solutions, the stagnant US gender pay gap and its significance, and why Americans are experiencing economic crisis, while Biden...READ MORE
Economic Update: Christian Socialism
[S12 E12] New
This week on Economic Update, Prof Wolff presents updates on Amazon workers' strike, the impact of US inflation, and the underappreciated economic aspects of Russia-Ukraine war...READ MORE
Economic Update: Ukraine, Race and Class
[S12 E11] New
This week's show on Economic Update, Prof. Wolff talks about the emerging new world order, Ukraine and inflation, and the economics of sanctions. On the second half of the show...READ MORE