US-China Trade Wars: Causes, Prospects, Risks [Sept 2019]

09/12/19 • 100 min

In connection with Wolff’s discussion of the main topic above, he will also cover the following issues at the July 10th, 2019, event:

Gainers and Losers
Trade Wars and Military Wars
A New US Isolationism?
Trade War, Recession, and the 2020 Election

In connection with Wolff’s discussion of the main topic above, he will also cover the following issues at the July 10th, 2019, event:

Gainers and Losers
Trade Wars and Military Wars
A New US Isolationism?
Trade War, Recession, and the 2020 Election

Previous Episode

Global Capitalism: Economic Issues of the Upcoming US Elections [July 2019]

In connection with Wolff’s discussion of the main topic above, he will also cover the following issues at the July 10th, 2019, event:

US-China Trade War and Tariffs - Immigration, Census Questionnaire, Anti-foreigner propaganda - Student Debt Relief - Federal Reserve and Lowering Interest Rates

Next Episode

The Economics of Taxing Wealth [November 2019]

In connection with Wolff’s discussion of the main topic above, he will also cover the following issues at the November 13, 2019, event: - Current wealth tax proposals by Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren - How US already taxes wealth (of some, not others} - How other countries tax wealth - How US enables/allows wealth to escape taxes - Redistributing wealth: pros and cons- The protest movements in Chile, Lebanon and beyond and how they differ from those in Hong Kong - The overdue critique of “libertarian” capitalism