Ask Prof Wolff: Self-Employment in a Socialist Society
A Patron of Economic Update asks: "I have always been interested in the idea of what individualism would be like under socialism. Say, for example, some people don’t enjoy working in groups and prefer to work independently through freelance as they then have...
Read moreAsk Prof Wolff: Supply vs Demand-Side Economics
A Patron of Economic Update asks: "Dear Prof Wolff, can you please explain the similarities and differences between...
Read moreAsk Prof Wolff: Is Systematic Change Possible?
A Patron of Economic Update asks: "Prof. Wolff, do you believe the equality we seek can be brought about by the swift and sudden collapse of corporate fascism, a civil war, or by an evolution in the culture through constant...
Read moreAsk Prof Wolff: Student Debt & Inflation
A Patron of Economic Update asks: "Prof Wolff, can you explain the relationship between debt and inflation? Would canceling $1.7 trillion in student debt cause inflation to...
Read moreAsk Prof Wolff: How Robotized Jobs Can Help or Hurt Workers
A Patron of Economic Update asks: "I have a question regarding Robots and AI. What happens to using the workplace instead of the state when there are no jobs for 80 percent of the people, no place to...
Read moreAsk Prof Wolff: Top Down or Bottom Up - Proudhon vs. Marx
A Patron of Economic Update asks: "The strategy of [email protected] regarding changing society is, as far as I understand, to build a movement bottom up from cooperatives to network of cooperatives. I live in France and there was an important person, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, who favored that approach. He was in strong opposition to Marx’s more aggressive approach and had some influence in the ideas of the participants in the adventure of the french commune. It would be interesting to...
Read moreAsk Prof Wolff: How To Build A Strong Left Movement
A Patron of Economic Update asks: "The Australian people have just voted to remove the authoritarian conservative government, which recorded its worst election result in 70 years. The Greens (our main left-of-centre option in Aus) recorded it's highest vote in its 30-year history and will hold the balance of power in the Senate. With the combined third-party vote now roughly equal to...
Read moreAsk Prof Wolff: Capitalism Doesn’t Care About You
A Patron of Economic Update asks: "I see so many young people that are highly qualified and educated and hard working yet they struggle to find work in their respective fields. Could there be a greater underlying economic or...
Read moreAsk Prof Wolff: Gas Taxes and Inflation
A Patron of Economic Update asks: "Dear Professor Wolff, can you speak about the advisability of cutting gas taxes in...
Read moreAsk Prof Wolff: How Worker Co-ops Handle Bankruptcy
A Supporter of Democracy at Work asks: "The concept of the productive worker being both employer and employee in all areas is brilliant and necessary to overcome the injustice of the potentially dangerous and egregious financial disparity between...
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