Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff

Economic Update with 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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The US Political Right in Anger and Mourning

The US Political Right in Anger and Mourning

On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on the radical policies of Berlin's city gov't and its Die LInke Party; why raising minimum wage to $15/hour is too little, too late; how bans on evic...

11 Feb 202128min

History's Lessons on Capitalism's Failures: Germany and US

History's Lessons on Capitalism's Failures: Germany and US

On this week's show, Prof. Wolff evaluates capitalism by how it deals with Covid-19 and talks about Boeing's latest fatal crash. The second half of the show is dedicated to a major discussion of the c...

4 Feb 202128min

Why Women Have Better Sex In Socialism

Why Women Have Better Sex In Socialism

On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents short updates on the Economic Plans of the Biden administration and US economic inequality, and why raising minimum wage to $15/hour is insufficient to deal w...

28 Jan 202128min

The Economics Lesson Taught by the Pandemic

The Economics Lesson Taught by the Pandemic

On this week's show, Professor Wolff explains where the government is respected and empowered, nations have effectively contained the Covid-19 pandemic. He gives examples including New Zealand, Taiwan...

21 Jan 202128min

Noam Chomsky on Prospects and Tasks as 2021 Begins

Noam Chomsky on Prospects and Tasks as 2021 Begins

This week, Professor Wolff gives updates on President-elect Biden's economic advisor "team", how Argentina's women's movement leads the defeat of the government and Roman Catholic Church oppositions t...

14 Jan 202128min

Externalities and Capitalism's Inefficiencies

Externalities and Capitalism's Inefficiencies

This program introduces the economic concept of "externalities." Those are the real costs of employers' business decisions that employers do not pay for or take into account: costs "external" to busin...

7 Jan 202128min

Growing Independent, Progressive Media

Growing Independent, Progressive Media

This week's show features updates on the continuing lessons from 2020 at the year's end: the economics of US policing and the 'defund' campaign, building a Cold War against China, and lessons from the...

23 Dec 202028min

Lessons From A Crisis Year 2020

Lessons From A Crisis Year 2020

This week's show features a survey of the major economic events of 2020 that were poorly covered by mainstream media: the twin crises of viral pandemic/capitalist crash; protesting right-wing regimes ...

17 Dec 202028min

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