AskProfWolff: Yugoslavia's Experiment with Worker Co-ops
A patron of Economic Update asks: "Tito ruled Yugoslavia with an iron fist for nearly 40 years after WW2. He implemented 'self-management' Socialism and...
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Capitalism Hits Home: The Capitalist Commodification of Sex
[S3 E15] New
On this week's show, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano present some of the ways that sexual sales operate. The utter failure of America's sex...
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AskProfWolff: How Socialists Win Rural and Farm Areas
A patron of Economic Update asks: "I am fascinated about socialist & marxist movements in rural areas, small towns and among farmers...
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Global Capitalism: January 2021 Live Economic Update
Economic Update: Externalities and Capitalism's Inefficiencies
[S11 E01] New
This program introduces the economic concept of "externalities." Those are the real costs of employers' business decisions that employers do not pay for or take into account: costs "external" to...
(More...)Ask Prof Wolff: Recession: Capitalism not Covid
A Patron of Economic Update asks: "The mainstream view is that the pandemic and the recession are linked and constitute a single problem. It is often referred to as the coronavirus recession. What is the evidence that the recession began before and/or independent of the pandemic?"
Capitalism Hits Home: The Capitalist Problem with Sex Education in the US
[S3 E14] New
This is part 2 of a 4 part series on the intersection of sex and capitalism. On this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano discuss how...
(More...)Ask Prof Wolff: The Political Case for Boycotts
A Patron of Economic Update asks: "Why are there not "any" efforts to organize nationwide citizen boycotts of major corporations and other entities of power?"