Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
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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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Ecology, Co-ops, and Profit
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
12/09/21 • 28 min
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On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on 50 years of fossil fuel corps putting profits before science, CVS to close 900 drugstores as part of decline of US workers living standards, FBI lies in Malcolm X assassination, and huge estate tax cuts for US rich. On the second half of the show, Prof. Wolff interviews Prof. Melissa Scanlan on her new book showing how coops are a better bet than traditional capitalist corporations to solve current ecological crises.
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Fascism
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
02/10/22 • 28 min
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On this week's show, Prof. Wolff talks about the US' 2021 trade deficit and its implications, the FED's inflation policy dilemma, and the political economy of the Baltimore and Bronx fires. In the second half of the show, Wolff uses the actual history of fascism in Italy, Germany and Spain to analyze the positions and prospects of fascism in the US today.
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Imagining a Different Economy
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
11/25/21 • 28 min
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On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on his recent debate with Ayn Rand Institute on capitalism vs socialism, inflation in Europe, an analysis of right vs left splitting in US today, and real vs fake causes of energy price inflation. The second half of the show features an interview with David McNally, Prof, University of Houston, on lessons of capitalism's history.
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The Contradictions of 2021
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
12/23/21 • 29 min
5.0
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on Columbia University grad student strike, the contradictions of 2021, Cuba's Covid vaccine, Trump clone and French politics' lesson, why US manufacturing jobs keep vanishing, why capital-labor struggles affect high and low-paid workers alike: the baseball lockout, and Mitt Romney's 100% hypocritical attack on Dalio's China investments.
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Emotions and US Politics Today
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
01/13/22 • 29 min
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On this week's show, Prof. Wolff talks about US bank closings as a sign of system decline; victory for 3000 striking Columbia University students; Laredo, Texas combats food deserts with co-ops; pandemic years worsen global inequalities, US defense bill aggravates US capitalism's inequalities. Special guest Tess Fraad-Wolff joins the second half of the show to discuss the role of emotions in US politics today (by Dems and GOP establishments but also Trump and Bernie wings).
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The End of the Megamachine
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
01/20/22 • 28 min
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On this week's show, Prof. Wolff talks about the sharp reduction in US population growth; how "lockdowns" are the anti-Covid policy everywhere, ,some gov't run and focused while others are private, haphazard, and unfocused. In the second half of the show, Prof. Wolff is joined by Fabian Scheidler, author of The End of the Megamachine: A Brief History of a Failing Civilization.
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Strikes amid Reviving US Labor Movement
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
01/06/22 • 29 min
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This week on Economic Update, Prof. Wolff presents updates on Huawei vs Cisco, Europe's exploding energy prices falsely blamed on Covid, Robert Kuttner announces he has become a socialist, polls show big drop in religious affiliation and praying especially among Christians from 2007 to 2021 as secularism accelerates. In the second half of the show, Prof. Wolff is joined by Mike Elk of Payday Report to discuss the growing wave of US strikes since the pandemic began.
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Class Struggles in the US Today
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
12/02/21 • 28 min
4.0
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff talks about teacher burnout economics, inflation as an employer-employee fight, the "labor shortage" isn't, "Build Back Better" does not begin to approach what Europe already has, the basic political economy of last November's elections, the critique of obscene wealth.
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Anti-Mandate is NOT Anti-Vaccine
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
12/16/21 • 28 min
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On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents a critique of obscene wealth in the US and the economics of the rape crisis in th US and UK. The second half of the show features an interview with author Bob Hennelly, on the anti-mandate vs anti-vaccine confusion and the debate over Democratic Party losses and strategies.
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Covid Criminals, Pandemic Profiteers
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
02/17/22 • 28 min
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On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on Mississippi's legalization of pot, US's $30 trillion national debt, Mexican workers at GM plant vote in militant union, and Amazon's 17% price increase (after a year of record profits), as much of nation already suffers from 7% inflation. In the second half of the show, Wolff interviews John Nichols, author of Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff have?
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff currently has 108 episodes available.
What topics does Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff cover?
The podcast is about Economics, Government, News and Politics.
What is the most popular episode on Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff?
The episode title 'Ecology, Co-ops, and Profit' is the most popular with 2 listens, 2 ratings and 2 comments/reviews.
What is the average episode length on Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff?
The average episode length on Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is 29 minutes.
How often are episodes of Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff released?
Episodes of Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff?
The first episode of Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff was released on May 26, 2018.
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