Special Spring Fund Drive Broadcast: Interview with Richard Wolff
Today’s special fund drive broadcast of Economic Update includes an interview with Professor Richard Wolff.
Economic Update
10:00 AM Pacific Time: Fridays
Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, locally and globally. The program explores government policies, alternative ways to organize, and markets.
Special Spring Fund Drive Show: Economic Update with Richard Wolff
On this weeks Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff discusses the successful unionization drives that are sweeping across U.S. universities (for example, at Boston University). Then he highlights the facts that disprove Biden’s “great economy” claims and why inflation is much worse in the United States than in China. Finally, Professor Wolff considers what is really behind … Continued
Uneven Development a Key Problem of Capitalism – Special Fund Drive Episode
This week in honor of Karl Marx’s birthday this past weekend, Professor Richard Wolff offers a discussion of Marx’s important theory of uneven development as central to capitalism. He shows its widespread existence, using examples of it from past and present, and then concludes by showing how uneven development helps cause key social problems in … Continued
The Phenomenon of China
On today’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. He analyzes the uniqueness of both the economic philosophy and the politics of contemporary China.
A Critique of Government Spending
In this week’s Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff devotes the program to understanding government spending, specifically how it shapes the larger society. In this discussion, he focuses on two questions: 1) What is the government spending on? and 2) How is that money going to be used, and who benefits? If government spending only flows … Continued
A Sea Change In U.S. Labor’s Militancy
In this week’s show, Professor Richard Wolff examines U.S. spending on war materials for Ukraine and Israel, Chinese Electric Vehicle imports and the U.S.’s protectionist response, the possible convergence of worker cooperatives as part of union negotiating strategies, and the impact of Harvard college workers voting overwhelmingly to join two unions. Finally, we interview author … Continued
The Myth of Black Buying Power
In this week’s Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff discusses how the capitalist political economy can explain the Baltimore bridge disaster; why raising minimum wages helps big versus small businesses; and how cities can lower rents for their citizens, as Kingston, New York just did. Professor Wolff concludes with an Interview with Professor Jared A. Ball … Continued
Monopolies / Resurgent Labor In The South
On this week’s show, Professor Richard Wolff discusses the U.S. 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 important elections as independent voices in Nebraska and West Virginia, and a critique of the FED’s policy that keeps inflation and interest … Continued
How Capitalism Distributes Power
In today’s show, Professor Richard Wolff discusses the latest on resurging child labor in the US, college athletes voting to join unions, and unionization sweeping not-for-profit charities (hospitals, museums, and so on), such as MassMoca in western Massachusetts. He also discusses how capitalism concentrates power in mass media (including social media), in authoritarian internal structures … Continued
Patriarchy and Capitalism
On today’s show, Professor Richard Wolff discusses the UAW unions latest moves: organizing drives at auto plants and working to form unions among employed and free-lance journalists. In addition, Professor Wolff highlights New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s decision to deploy national guard troops in New York City subways and what that means for everyday residents. … Continued