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On this week’s Economic Update, the entire program is devoted to how old socialism's rapid growth and global spread in the 19th and 20th centuries entailed a focus on the state. Key issues were: (1) would the socialist state limit itself to reg
In this week’s Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff discusses the rise of the Chinese car industry, the struggle between employers and employees over in-person vs remote workplaces, and the US military's anti-vax program in the Philippines
In this week’s Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff devotes the entire program to an analysis of tariffs. We discuss why tariffs are not a worker's issue, why capitalism's continuous swings between free trade and protectionist periods and
In this week’s Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff discusses The Washington Post's exposure of the corporate rich sponsoring police repression against student protests and how Boeing rewards CEOs while it exhibits the airlines' worst safet
The program's first half focuses on the realities of China's rise and not the Cold War rhetoric. The second half analyzes the inflation now threatening the US economy. Its causes and consequences turn out to be quite different from the mainstre
In this week’s Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff discusses the reasons why the United States' current unemployment rate is low in comparison to historic rates; We also highlight why U.S. restaurants are losing business. We then turn to
Updates on US megabanks once again taking new off-the-books risks, Elon Musk endorsing right-wing undemocratic census proposals, oil industry execs in bribe-like talks with Trump, sample of many US and global labor unions and workers supporting
On this week’s Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff discusses the successful unionization drives that are sweeping across US universities (example: Boston University). We highlight the facts that disprove Biden's "great economy" claims and
In honor of Karl Marx's birthday over this past weekend, Professor Richard Wolff offers a discussion of Marx's important theory of uneven development as central to capitalism. We show its widespread existence, using examples of it from the pas
On this week’s Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff dedicates the entire show to the economic developmental achievements of China, together with the historical background that motivated these achievements. We analyze the uniqueness of both
In this week’s Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff devotes the program to understanding government spending, specifically how it shapes the larger society. We will focus on two questions 1) What is the government spending on? and 2) How is
In this week’s Economic Update Professor, Richard Wolff examines US spending on war materials for Ukraine and Israel, we will discuss Chinese Electric Vehicle imports and the US's protectionist response, and we will highlight the possible conve
In this week’s Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff discusses how the capitalist political economy can explain the Baltimore Bridge disaster and we then explain why raising minimum wages helps big vs small businesses. We highlight the recen
On this week’s Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff discusses the US Treasury Department's charge against Apple as a monopoly, Georgia's state government siding openly with employers against unions, two union members deciding to enter impor
This week features updates on resurging child labor in the US, college athletes voting to join unions, and unionization sweeping not-for-profit charities (hospitals, museums, etc) such as MassMoca in western Massachusetts. We will also have a m
On this week’s Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff discusses the UAW union’s latest moves; their organizing drives at auto plants, their efforts to form unions among employed and free-lance journalists. In addition, we will highlight New
This week's episode of Economic Update hosted by Professor Richard Wolff, we discuss United Kingdom politician George Galloway's by-election victory, and the raised minimum wage in the UK. We will comment on Elon Musk's lawsuit against the NLRB
This week's episode of Economic Update we discuss the underemployment of US college graduates, failed anti-Russian sanctions, the collapsed UK birth rate, and expanding wars in the Middle East. In addition, we will dive into the costs and risk
This week's episode of Economic Update hosted by Professor Richard Wolff, we discuss the Philadelphia University of the Arts Faculty Union and its struggles; we clarify what declining inflation does and does not mean; we answer the question: as
In this week's episode of Economic Update hosted by Professor Richard Wolff, we discuss Germany's recession, California fast-food workers unionizing, how the war in Ukraine boosts the US stock market and corporate stock holdings, while hurting
In the latest episode of "Economic Update," Professor Richard Wolff takes us through a comprehensive exploration of pressing economic issues. From the evolving dynamics of remote work and corporate demands to the intricate economics of the Uk
This week's episode of Economic Update hosted by Professor Richard Wolff, we will be discussing the continuing decline of US manufacturing; a 29,000 person strike at California State Univ.; the Houthis disrupt Red Sea shipping in move against I
This week's updates are divided into two parts. Part A: the special dimensions and qualities of the US labor movement's current dynamism, Piketty shows capitalism generates widening wealth and income gaps leading to crashes or else simmering,
This week's updates include: information on the closing Greyhound bus stations, miscalculating strengths of Russian obstacle in Ukraine, UK empire cannot afford both Yemen bombs and National Health Service, Boeing aircraft safety debacle enab
In this week's show, Prof. Wolff analyzes the corporation. It stands as a basic institution blocking real democracy in our society. The corporation's structure and operations empower and enrich a tiny social minority at the expense of the peop
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