Richard D. Wolff, a weekly TV and radio show and podcast
https://economicupdate.podbean.com
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 5 days 21 hours 33 minutes
episode 260: Economic Update - Best Years of US Lie in its Past
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff talks about Chipotle Mexican Grill blaming its price increases on its workers, economist Arthur Laffer's claims that many poor, minority workers are "not worth $15/hour." and false claims that lower taxes help economic g...
episode 259: Economic Update - Capitalism's Shrinking Popularity
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff discusses French voters abstaining (66%), and rejecting party establishments in the face of social crisis; Seattle City Council helps tenants with law changes as conservatives seek to recall progressive Council leader Saw...
episode 258: Economic Update - The Challenge of Progressive Unionism.
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff discusses Wall Street money corrupting US elections and the facts of a declining US capitalism (wage stagnation driving inequality, rising health and education costs, falling real social security benefits, unequal wealth...
episode 257: Economic Update - Inflation and Labor Shortage
On this week's show, Prof Wolff talks about the social effects of inflation and the lack of accountability on the part of employers. Capitalist employers set prices with the only motive of maximizing. Employees, the vast majority, must live with inflatio...
episode 256: Economic Update - The Three 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 differences among (1) the moderate or "democratic" socialism...
episode 255: Economic Update - How Capitalism Shapes Our Food
In this episode, Prof. Wolff presents updates on the economic aspects of the Covid pandemic: lockdowns vs vaccines, scientific debate vs corporate advertising, long-term vs short term costs, the billionaires made by profiting from vaccines, and false cl...
episode 254: Economic Update: Insurgent Working Class and Organization
In this week's show, Prof Wolff presents updates on the efforts to finally add dental, vision, and hearing coverage to Medicare, the effects of Trump's tariffs on China, and the contradictions between capitalist profiteering and healthcare. In the second...
episode 253: Economic Update - "The Center Cannot Hold"
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 cracks ...
episode 252: Economic Update - A Living Wage
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff comments on how and why "consumerism" matters and on why Biden's "progressive shift" is both like and unlike (far more limited so far) FDR's. Wolff then interviews two Canadian professors of labor studies, Bryan Evanson ...
episode 251: Economic Update - Labor and Capitalism's Rise and Fall
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff discusses Congress Bills H.R.51 giving statehood to Washington, DC, and H.R.1 countering GOP efforts to restrict voting; and Biden's tax reforms to help pay for new and expanded government programs. In the second half of ...