Economic Update: Progressive Social Media Surges in Canada
[S10 E41] New
On the first half of this week's episode, Prof. Wolff presents a critique of pandemic eviction and updates on: the real US unemployment...
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d@w Contributor:
Richard Wolff
October 19, 2020
d@w Contributor:
Richard Wolff
October 19, 2020
Capitalism Hits Home: The Empty Nest is Either Very Empty or Still Full
[S3 E05] New
On this week's show, Fraad and Forlano continue their discussion of Capitalism’s effect on the family but this time they discuss a specific effect...
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d@w Contributor:
Julianna Forlano
October 15, 2020
d@w Contributor:
Julianna Forlano
October 15, 2020
AskProfWolff: How to Make Central Planning Democratic
A Patron of Economic Update asks: "Can central planning be done democratically?
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d@w Contributor:
Richard Wolff
October 13, 2020
d@w Contributor:
Richard Wolff
October 13, 2020
Economic Update: New U.S. Labor Militancy
[S10 E40] New
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff talks about the Geneva, Switzerland vote that's raising the minimum wage to $ 25.16/hour or over $50k/year; GOP block...
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d@w Contributor:
Richard Wolff
October 12, 2020
d@w Contributor:
Richard Wolff
October 12, 2020
AskProfWolff: How Worker Co-ops Differ from Capitalist Enterprises
A Patron of Economic Update asks: "If the end goal of Marxist socialism is to abolish the commodity form and make all value inherently social, how would this be achieved without changing the mode of distribution?"
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d@w Contributor:
Richard Wolff
October 10, 2020
d@w Contributor:
Richard Wolff
October 10, 2020
AskProfWolff: A Critique of Robert Reich
A Patron of Economic Update asks: ""Hello Prof Wolff, is this the right way to ask a question? I watched the Netflix film "Saving Capitalism" based on...
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d@w Contributor:
Richard Wolff
October 09, 2020
d@w Contributor:
Richard Wolff
October 09, 2020
Capitalism Hits Home: Lies, Lies, Lies
[S3 E04] New
The psychotic level of misinformation and untruth coming from the Trump administration, and from capitalism itself, is creating...
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d@w Contributor:
Julianna Forlano
October 08, 2020
d@w Contributor:
Julianna Forlano
October 08, 2020
Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: Stock Market Booms While Americans Face Economic Disaster
[S3 E02] New
On this episode of David Harvey's Anti-Capitalist Chronicles, Prof. Harvey talks about the economic uncertainty Americans are experiencing: job loss, indebtedness, inflation. The stock market is flourishing, but only the top 10-20% of the US population have investments and are benefitting from the boom. The majority of Americans are left with little to no support and very little access to food and basic services. Harvey predicts the situation will worsen in the next months. Washington's political gridlock means no real change can be expected.
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d@w Contributor:
David Harvey
October 08, 2020
d@w Contributor:
David Harvey
October 08, 2020
