Socialism & Worker Co-ops
Repeat. 20th century socialism is now behind us. Socialists continued to evaluate both its achievements and failures via extensive self-criticism. A changed socialism has emerged, focused on a transit...
23 Sep 202128min
Occupy Wall Street: Analysis and Legacy
This program is devoted to Occupy Wall Street (OWS) on its 10th anniversary. Prof. Wolff discusses OWS as a historic turning point, as legacy for the US left, and his personal experience. Wolff presen...
16 Sep 202128min
The Rational and Irrational in Anti-Vaxxers
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on the complexities of anti-vaccination movements, the long decline of religion in US capitalism, Disneys's shift to serve the richest, lessons from A...
9 Sep 202128min
20 Years after 9/11, US is still a Stuck Nation
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on Alabama miners' strike, how China's focus on reducing inequality affects competition with the US, and the economics of the "right to repair" consum...
2 Sep 202128min
Extremes of Rich/Poor in US Capitalism
This week on Economic Update, Prof. Wolff discusses the new US program for monthly child benefits; why Covid strengthens some and divides other nations; the myth of "labor shortage;" the real cost of ...
26 Aug 202128min
Liberating Technology from Capitalism
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff provides updates on two small labor victories (Vermont's AFL-CIO and 4000 pork-processing meat cutters in Sioux Falls), how global capitalism became even more unequal ...
19 Aug 202128min
Chile's Feminist Social Revolution
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff discusses the election of a socialist, African-American woman as new mayor in Buffalo, NY; US unemployment insurance's meager support for jobless; Teamsters target Ama...
12 Aug 202128min
A US Left Rises to Remake the World
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on "The Friends" reunion and what it teaches, how China outmaneuvers US tariffs, etc., and how Yellow Vests plus French unions defeated Macron "reform...
5 Aug 202128min
