On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the internal struggle inside the U.S. Teamsters Union between O’Brien leadership and Hooker challenge group (pro- vs anti-Trump), Trump-McMahon attack on the nursing profession in the U.S., Trump’s own reduction of tariffs and thus of government revenue from tariffs. Then Professor Wolff interviews Abby Martin about her new film “Earth’s Greatest Enemy” about the U.S. military and its disastrous ecological impact on the planet.
Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, locally and globally. The program explores alternative ways to organize, markets, and government policies.