A patron of Economic Update asks: "Prof Wolff has to examine the history of US economic prevention measures that were used against nations that grew to more than 2/3rds the US economy. When Japan reached this milestone in the 90s, there was swift action by the US to slow and even stop its growth."

This is Professor Richard Wolff's video response.

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