Economic Update: Is US Capitalism in Decline?
On this episode of Economic Update, Prof. Wolff presents updates on inequalities in pay for CEOs vs average workers; economics of mega-mergers; billionaires' idea of "charity;" economic consequences o...
4 Jul 201928min
Economic Update: China's Economic Record and Strategy
As follow-up to earlier parallel program on the USSR, this program seeks to offer (1) an overview of China's economic development mostly over the last 25 years (GDP, real wages, etc.), and (2) its eco...
27 Jun 201928min
Economic Update: Rise and Fall of the USSR
In this episode of EU, Prof. Wolff tries to go beyond simplistic, sterile Cold War debates of demonizers vs celebrants of the USSR. USSR's strengths and weaknesses, successes and failures are examined...
20 Jun 201928min
Economic Update: A New Labor Movement Rising
Updates on US church membership and its tax subsidies, Toyota and Merkel slam US economic nationalism, 40 US states sue price-gouging pharma firms, Trump ("self-described "tariff man") does not unders...
13 Jun 201928min
Economic Update: 3 Basic Kinds of Socialism
As ever more people become anti-capitalist and look toward socialist alternatives, it is important to grasp key differences among the alternative kinds of socialism. This program explains those differ...
6 Jun 201928min
Economic Update: Understanding Marxism
This special edition of "Economic Update" is devoted to Understanding Marxism, the title of a short new book just published by Democracyatwork. Today's program, like the book, explains Marxism's syste...
31 Mai 201928min
Economic Update: The Great American Purge
The program begins by explaining the economics behind the great US anti-leftist purge ("McCarthyism") after 1945. It then shows the economic impacts of that purge over the last half century. Finally, ...
23 Mai 201928min
Economic Update: Living in a Socialist Economy
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on the US "bribing for college admission" scandal, how lobbyists reflect and worsen inequality, So. and No. Carolina teachers strike for better educat...
16 Mai 201928min
