Economic Update – May 8, 2026
Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, locally and globally. The program explores alterna...
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Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, locally and globally. The program explores alternative ways to organize, markets, and government pol...
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20 of 26 episodesBorn Sick in the USA: Improving The Health of a Nation
This week’s Economic Update focuses on 3 major teachers unions struggling with LA Unified School District, the rising US electricity costs a...
Economic Implications of the U.S. War on Iran
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses the 3800 Colorado meatpackers on strike before diving into a presentation on how the...
The Great US Pension Crisis
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses the declines of Europe: French municipal elections show Macron weakness, Germany rej...
Criticizing Pro-Capitalist Ideology
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses the flaws in the argument that profit is an appropriate, just return to the risk tak...
The Reality, Hype, and Danger of A.I.
On this episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff provides updates on job losses in February 2026 in the U.S. economy, how California unio...
Trump’s Tariff Policies: A Critique
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff explains how and why Trump’s tariff policies add uncertainties to global trade that undermine...
The US Housing Crisis Today
On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses the history of highly successful government-built and-operated housing...
Economic Update – March 6, 2026
Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, locally and globally. The program explores alterna...
Economic Update – February 27, 2026
Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, locally and globally. The program explores alterna...
Economic Update – February 20, 2026
Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, locally and globally. The program explores alterna...
How the U.S. Tax System Worsens Inequality
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on U.K. PM Starmer’s trade visit to China, the new head of the Federal Reserv...
Venezuela – Looking Deeper
On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on how 73% of U.S. credit card debt is needed for everyday purch...
The Political Bias of Conventional Economics
On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the Pentagon’s investments into private companies, the end of...
Nine Key Events in 2025
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff analyzes topics from Israel and Gaza to Epstein scandals to U.S. neocolonialism to Europe’s fa...
Gentrification, Boston, and Racism
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff devotes the first half to New York’s new Mayor Zohran Mamdani. He discusses how and why he def...
The U.S. as a ‘Traumatised’ Society
On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the Black Friday strikes against Amazon in Germany and agains...
The Center Cannot Hold (REPEAT)
This program begins by analyzing the political monopoly (aka “The Center”) operated by the GOP and Dems in the US: its organization and domi...
Globalization from Celebration to Condemnation
On this weeks episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff provides an analysis of “globalization” as a fancy slogan to hide a profit-driven,...
Special Fund Drive Programming: Economic Update – December 19, 2025
Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, locally and globally. The program explores alterna...
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