Economic Update: Labor Day Economics
Updates on Labor Day's meaning, Amazon's workplace horrors, Dunkin Donuts' CEO against $ 15/hr, and how capitalism undermines recycling. Response to questions on shifting US federal tax burdens and on state's role in capitalist economies. Major discussion of criticism of capitalism and directions for a better system.
(More...)Capitalism, the Vanishing Middle and the Poor
Global Capitalism: August 2015 Monthly Update
These programs begin with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month. Then Wolff analyzes several major economic issues. For this August, these will include...
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Déjà Vu: Germany Tightens Its Economic Power Over Europe
Germany's leaders herded their European counterparts into imposing harsh austerity on Greece. It was the price, they insisted, that Greece had to pay to...
(More...)Winners and Losers in Today's Shifting Capitalism
Global Capitalism: July 2015 Monthly Update
Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work, Left Forum, and Judson Memorial Church, these programs begin with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month. Then Prof. Wolff analyzes several major economic issues. For this July...
Greece Needs Our Solidarity in Its Struggle Against Austerity
Not for many years has the issue been posed as clearly as it will be on July 5 in Greece's referendum: European capitalists, the political leaders whom the capitalists' money controls, and...
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