Pages tagged "AskProfWolff"
Ask 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 d@w 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...
Read moreAsk Prof Wolff: Economic Implications of Abortion Access
A Patron of Economic Update asks: "Can you talk about the economics of planned parenthood and...
Read moreAsk Prof Wolff: 3 Ways Government Has Historically Curbed Inflation
A Supporter of Democracy at Work asks: "Is there anything the Biden administration can do to decrease the rate of inflation significantly, even though...
Read moreAsk Prof Wolff: The Stock Market Is Rigged
A Patron of Economic Update asks: "How rigged is the stock market against working people? How does the stock market...
Read moreAsk Prof Wolff: How Marx Defines Capital and Why It Matters
A Patron of Economic Update asks: "Do you think that it might be worthwhile disambiguating the differences (and general confusion) among assets...
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