Capitalism versus Marriage
This week's episode features updates on the UK and French elections showing dramatic shifts to the left contradicting US mass media, US self-induced global economic isolation in pursuit of punishing c...
6 Aug 202431min
How Deficits and Debts Rip Us Off
On this week's Economic Update, Professor Wolff devotes the entire program to explaining clearly and accessibly what government deficits are, why they occur, and who benefits from them. We show how d...
30 Juli 202429min
Criminalizing the Homeless (With Rob Robinson)
On this week's Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses a huge victory for Uber and Lyft drivers' struggling for better wages in Massachusetts; we also bring to your attention six United States sena...
23 Juli 202430min
Capitalism and Struggle Over Climate Change
On this week's Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses the remarkable bursts of unionization at Starbucks in the US, award-winning New York nurse fired for referring to "genocide" in Gaza, and crit...
16 Juli 202430min
From The Old Socialisms To The New
On this week's Economic Update, the entire program is devoted to how old socialism's rapid growth and global spread in the 19th and 20th centuries entailed a focus on the state. Key issues were: (1) w...
9 Juli 202429min
State Senator And Socialist - Interview with Kristen Gonzalez (NY State Senator)
In this week's Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff discusses the rise of the Chinese car industry, the struggle between employers vs employees over in-person vs remote workplaces, and the US mili...
2 Juli 202432min
Fracking Vs Fossil Fuel Profits
In this week's Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff discusses the latest US and EU tariffs against China's electric vehicles, 27,000 Virginia teachers vote to unionize, and students and workers at...
25 Juni 202431min
The Political Economy Of Tariffs
In this week's Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff devotes the entire program to an analysis of tariffs. We discuss why tariffs are not a worker's issue, why capitalism's continuous swings betwee...
18 Juni 202430min
