Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
Democracy at Work, Richard D. Wolff
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a weekly nationally syndicated program produced by Democracy at Work and hosted by Richard D. Wolff. The program explores complex economic issues and empowers listeners with information to analyze not only their own financial situation but the economy at large. Beyond focusing a critical eye on the economic dimensions of everyday life - wages, jobs, taxes, debts, interest rates, prices, and profits - the program also explores systemic solutions to our economy's problems including alternative ways to organize production and distribution of the goods and services we all depend on.
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Oct 10, 2018 • 29min
Economic Update: The 'Immigration Issue' and Capitalism
Updates on UK's Liberal Democrats advocating serious reduction of wealth and income inequality, Sears CEO blames pensions for Sears' problems, JP Morgan predicts next financial collapse in 2020, failure to deal with opioid crisis, G-20 meeting in Argentina evades real issues, Europeans clash with US over trade with Iran, trivial SEC fine for Citigroup dishonesty with investors. Major discussion: political economy of immigration as a right-wing issue and an effective left-wing response.
Oct 4, 2018 • 29min
Economic Update: Public Policy, Private Pain
Updates on Bloomberg finds US "among least efficient" providers of health care, Poland's unions demand wealth sharing role, money corrupts US politics in new way, Trump tariffs bad for many US corporations. Interview: Dr. Harriet Fraad on how public policies, past and present, serve corporate profits but undermine families, households and personal relationships.
Oct 1, 2018 • 16min
EU Extra: Black Socialists (BSA)
Professor Wolff continues his interview with Black Socialists of America founders Z & Sean Champagne.
Sep 27, 2018 • 29min
Economic Update: Black Socialists of America (BSA)
Updates on Chicago hotel workers strike and Philadelphia parking lot attendants organizing, Cuomo's centrist, money-dependent campaign, another socialist (Julia Salazar) wins election, McDonald's workers strike in 10 cities against employer's failure to stop sexual harassment. Interview: Z and Sean, two leaders of new BSA.
Sep 25, 2018 • 13min
EU Extra: Prof. Michael Pelias
Professor Wolff interviews Professor Michael Pelias about the rationale and goals of launching a new Left University in New York City.
Sep 20, 2018 • 29min
Economic Update: Launching a New University
Updates on Tenth Anniversary of Lehman Brothers Bank collapse, assisting Ocasio-Cortez show how to finance socialist projects, Colin Kaepernick's ad for Nike and contradictions of capitalism. Interview with Michael Pelias on launching a new Left University in New York: rationale and goals.
Sep 13, 2018 • 29min
Keynesian Vs. Marxian and Neoclassical Economics
This week's special edition of Economic Update deals with Keynesian economics as a theory that clashes with both the mainstream economics ("neoclassical") that celebrates private capitalism and with critical theories such as Marxian economics that are opposed to capitalism.
Sep 6, 2018 • 29min
Economic Update: Gov't Take-over Not Always Socialism
This special editon of Economic update deals with how and why government take-over of private corporations need not be and often is not "socialism" and why it is often done to strengthen private capitalists.
Sep 6, 2018 • 14min
EU Extra: Dr. Harriet Fraad
Prof. Wolff's continued interview from EU X S8 E 12 with Dr. Harriet Fraad on why U.S. workers don't rebel more against systemic deprivations.
Sep 6, 2018 • 13min
EU Extra: Troy Walcott
Economic Update Extra: Professor Wolff's continued interview fromEU X S8 E11 with Troy Walcott.
