In this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on Die Linke ("The Left") political party surging in Germany, the errors and omissions in Bessent's anti-Iran sanctions program, and the background of the historic victory of unionized public workers (bus drivers) in Jackson, Mississippi, with the help of...
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In this episode of Dialectic at Work, the dialectic explores the nature of capitalism, its variations across different societies, and the potential pathways for transitioning to new economic systems. They delve into Marxist theory, the history of surplus production, and the future of economic organization.
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This week’s episode of Economic Update is dedicated to our good friend and comrade, David Cobb, whom we lost on Labor Day of this year. In this episode, Professor Wolff delivers updates on new research documenting market failure to meet the urgent, large need for childcare in the US, the...
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In this every-other-month presentation, Professor Wolff explains how “old” colonialism ended with World Wars I and II, and how the U.S. inherited and reorganized the profits from that version of colonialism after and since 1945. He also discusses the rise of the Global South, China, and BRICS as economic opposition...
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This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the Starbucks Workers United call-to-boycott, the powerful lyrics of Dolly Parton's song "9 to 5," and the recent electoral victories by socialists and progressives, especially N'Kiyla Jasmine Thomas in Oklahoma. The second half of the show features an interview with Alissa...
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Today's entire program is devoted to tracing the origins and evolution of socialism through its splits and growth to become a global movement shadowing capitalism. Particular attention is paid to the specialist focus on capturing the state and the split between electoral/evolutionary approaches to that capture, as well as revolutionary...
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David & Shane are taking a two-week break before returning with a new episode of Redneck Gone Green on Labor Day, Sept. 7th. Today's rerun episode features a breakdown of the history and key variables involved with American society's propensity to commodify, control, and oppress minorities with sociologist Dr. Nicole...
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In this episode of Dialectic at Work, the dialectic explores the ideological underpinnings of economic theories, critiques the utopian narratives of neoclassical economics, and highlights the ethical dimensions embedded in different economic models. Professor Wolff discusses how interpretations shape our understanding of profit, risk, and market dynamics, urging listeners to...
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Today's entire program approaches the economic role of the state in U.S. society, past and present. We analyze two major tensions: one between minimizing the state (liberalism/libertarianism) and maximizing it (New Deal/Trumpism), and the other between a state that serves the employer class and one that serves the working class. We...
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In preparation for the upcoming Resist & Build conference in Denver, Colorado this October 14th-18th, this week’s episode of Redneck Gone Green is a rerun from May 2025. This episode recaps their conversation about the “Resist & Build” movement and summit with special guest Emily Kawano. David & Shane will...
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Essential Reading
This elegantly redesigned version of Understanding Capitalism with a new forward from Professor Wolff does the text justice. We chose to create this version of Professor Wolff’s most succinct and wholistic explanation of what capitalism is, what it is not, and why it can be difficult to understand to better...
Understanding Capitalism aims to answer the question: 'Why capitalism fails us'?. It explores the different definitions of what capitalism is and is not – showing why definitions matter. It dissolves the many myths that make it hard to understand the system. Readers acquire tools needed to engage basic economic...
If you want to understand capitalism in order to make society better, then understanding Marx’s analysis is fundamental in drawing your attention to capitalist production’s core conflict: class struggle. It is everywhere, and it influences everything and everyone in our society. Marx is the theoretician who...
The coronavirus pandemic, economic crash, political divisions, and social tensions have plunged the declining American capitalist system into chaos. In this collection of over 50 unique essays, Prof. Wolff argues that a mere return to normalcy is inadequate to tackle the accumulated problems of US capitalism.
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