Economic Update

  In the latest episode of "Economic Update," Professor Richard Wolff takes us through a comprehensive exploration of pressing economic issues. From the evolving dynamics of remote work and corporate demands to the intricate economics of the Ukraine ...

This week's episode of Economic Update hosted by Professor Richard Wolff, we will be discussing the continuing decline of US manufacturing; a 29,000 person strike at California State Univ.; the Houthis disrupt Red Sea shipping in move against Israel;...

This week's updates are divided into two parts.  Part A: the special dimensions and qualities of the US labor movement's current dynamism, Piketty shows capitalism generates widening wealth and income gaps leading to crashes or else simmering, divisi...

 This week's updates include:  information on the closing Greyhound bus stations, miscalculating strengths of Russian obstacle in Ukraine, UK empire cannot afford both Yemen bombs and National Health Service, Boeing aircraft safety debacle enables Ch...

 In this week's show, Prof. Wolff analyzes the corporation. It stands as a basic institution blocking real democracy in our society. The corporation's structure and operations empower and enrich a tiny social minority at the expense of the people's w...

The so-called "decoupling" of the US and Chinese economies is NOT happening. Their economies are too deeply intertwined. The reality hidden by "decoupling" is just capitalism's usual uneven development. Capitalism relocated investment away from its o...

This program begins by analyzing the political monopoly (aka "The Center") operated by the GOP and Dems in the US: its organization and dominance until the last few years. The monopoly deteriorates as both GOP and Dem coalitions suffer splits and cra...

In this, the last episode of Economic Update for the year, Prof. Wolff presents updates on the Yale graduate & professional students’ union’s recent victory, how the writers/actors strike impacted the labor movement with a show of solidarity, Sta...

Updates included analysis of Philadelphia extreme income inequality, US strikers per year since 2017, UAW organizing strike at VW plant in Tennessee plus other UAW unionization drives, 400,000 Quebec public employees on strike heading towards general...

This week's episode of "Economic Update with Richard Wolff" features updates on the economic crises in Argentina and Germany, the graduate student unionization wave happening across U.S., how & where the chocolate industry is using child labor, a...