The Corporatization of Universities and Trump's Attacks
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff begins by presenting updates on the death of libertarianism and the rise of US economic nationalism, and US universities become big businesses, governed b...
20 Mai 202531min
Reform vs. Revolution
Professor Wolff begins this week on Economic Update by analyzing the choice between reform and revolution through two historical discussions: the anti-slavery fight in the mid-19th century and the ant...
13 Mai 202530min
Twin Crises of Housing and Homelessness
On this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on Trump VS Harvard, Trump's "antisemitism" maneuver, how higher education in the U.S. is becoming ever more " business-like...
6 Mai 202531min
Resisting Trump's Restoration Project with Kali Akuno
This week on Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff examines a major labor strike unfolding in California, where 2,400 Kaiser Permanente mental health workers are fighting for better conditions. Nex...
29 Apr 202532min
Solidarity Cities as Alternatives to Capitalism
**** SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT **** For those of you in the New York area, we'd like to invite you to join us for another presentation of "Global Capitalism Live with Professor Richard Wolff" taking place ...
22 Apr 202531min
Tariffs, the Working Class, and Resistance
In this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff critiques the DOGE practice of firing federal civilian employees, analyzes the Trump tariff program, and shows how both are presented as ways...
15 Apr 202530min
Unlearning Market Idolatry
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff explores the last 150 years of largely uncritical celebrations of "the market" as if it were a perfect institution that must be protected from the intrusi...
8 Apr 202530min
Mounting Economic Problems
In this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses certain minimum wages by the Trump administration, the costs of Germany's rearmament, and how Trump's tariffs and deportations have...
1 Apr 202530min
