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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This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on U.S. businesses receiving refunds for Trump's illegal tariffs without lowering prices raised to cover them, a 24% decline in foreign students coming to the U.S., and an emerging labor shortage in the U.S. economy. The second half of the show...
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Capitalism is not “just the way things are.” It’s a system that has to be protected - constantly. In today's episode of Redneck Gone Green, David and Shane are in conversation with Clara Mattei, a professor of economics at The University of Tulsa and the founding president of the Forum...
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In this episode of Dialectic at Work, the dialectic explores the motivations behind Marx's writing of the theories of surplus value, the contradictions within capitalism, and the revolutionary implications of Marx's analysis. We delve into the historical context, key insights from Marx's work, and its relevance today.
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This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on new U.S. government rules that are universally hostile to international students, the reduction of prosecutions for white collar crime by the U.S. Justice Department while increasing pressures on Shawn Fain, head of the powerful United Auto Workers union, an that there...
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What does real change look like? Not just talk — power, ownership, and community-led action. In this episode of Redneck Gone Green, David and Shane talk with Erel Anajobi, Program Director, Power to Prosper (NEF & Runnymede Trust). They get honest about why racial justice and economic justice have to...
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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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