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Best Of Series Part 1: Psychology & Trump

Best Of Series Part 1: Psychology & Trump

<p>This week on Economic Update, we take a look back at Donald Trump's first term as president through the lens of psychology with Dr. Harriet Fraad. She explains what could have led people to vote for him instead of the alternative, and provides a backdrop of the socio-economic situation facing his supporters at that time. She is followed by another interview with Professor Wolff and Dr. Arlie Hochschild, a former sociology professor at UC Berkeley and a renowned author. Her research provides insight into the reasons why many still support Mr. Trump, despite their deteriorating socio-economic situation today.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.  You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:  https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate     Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.  We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01  We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 29 min
Mamdani's Win in NYC:  Causes & Prospects for a Socialist Mayor

Mamdani's Win in NYC: Causes & Prospects for a Socialist Mayor

<p>This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses the following about Mamdani's victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral race: (1) how it happened, who voted for him and why; (2) the varieties of socialism and the long history of "municipal socialism" in the US and overseas,  (3) possible socialist programs for a Mamdani mayoral administration; and (4) tax revenue possibilities to pay for socialist programs. </p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.  You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:  https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate     Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.  We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01  We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 31 min
Capitalism and Culture, Their Connection in Crisis Now

Capitalism and Culture, Their Connection in Crisis Now

<p>On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff provides updates on Medicare advantage and "pre-authorization" as a way to reduce Medicare payments, liberals and radicals split over Mamdani,  Trump's current budget further deepens the inequality of wealth across the US, and Mexico attends the BRICS meeting in Rio de Janeiro. In the second part of today’s show, Professor Wolff interviews Professor Henry Giroux from McMaster University, Canada, on capitalism, culture, and fascism in the U.S. today.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.  You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:  https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate     Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.  We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01  We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 31 min
The Workers' Struggle within The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Workers' Struggle within The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

<p>On this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the political theater, of the U.S./Iran hostilities, the political shock of Zohran Mamdani's Democratic primary win in New York City, the withdrawal of union leaders from the Democratic National Committee, and the rising trade among BRICS crosses the $1 trillion milestone. In the second part of today's show, Prof. Wolff interviews two leaders of the musicians' union representing the orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center, New York City: Javier Gandara and Stephanie Mortimore.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.  You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:  https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate     Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.  We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01  We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 32 min
How Deep Fascist Parallels Run

How Deep Fascist Parallels Run

<p>This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff, responding to requests, explores the parallels between what led to the rise of Hitler and fascism in Germany after World War I and what has brought the US to Trump and his current policies. Many key basic parallels are presented alongside some remaining differences that help explain why what Trump is doing is not yet what a fully formed US fascism would entail.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.  You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:  https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate     Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.  We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01  We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 31 min
The Crisis in the Middle East With Chris Hedges

The Crisis in the Middle East With Chris Hedges

<p>On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff has a one-on-one discussion with Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges, who draws on history, his years as a correspondent and NY Times Middle East Bureau Chief, and his current work on and in the Middle East. He explains why Israel attacked Iran and what the short and long-term prospects are for their war. He also devotes some of his analyses to examining Israel's genocidal policies toward Palestinians.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 32 min
Making Sense Of Trump's Economic Plan

Making Sense Of Trump's Economic Plan

<p>This week’s episode of Economic Update features an analysis by Professor Wolff on: <br /> 1. How Trump seeks to address the problem of costly American wars and their impact on sharply rising budget deficits, <br /> 2. How the rising U.S. debt has led to the loss of the United States’ "AAA" credit rating, <br /> 3. How Trump’s response is to seek to slash government spending and raise money by imposing tariffs on the entire world, <br /> 4. How this backfires as other countries retaliate, hurting US exports and causing the dollar to lose its appeal as the world's safest currency, <br /> 5. How China's economic rise is more substantial than the U.S. measures aimed at stopping or slowing that rise, <br /> 6. How the declining U.S. empire undermines the U.S. capitalist economy by making it increasingly difficult for CEOs and other corporate leaders in the U.S., households, and the government to prevail over and dominate the U.S. economy and society.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 31 min
Analyzing Trump's Mass Support

Analyzing Trump's Mass Support

<p>On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the blow back to Iowa Senator Joni Ernst’s rationalization of budget cuts to Medicaid to help fund tax cuts for corporations and the rich, 8,000 Connecticut healthcare workers win contract gains by threatening to strike, and how the advertising industry spawned by capitalism distorts and corrupts human communication. The show's second half features an interview with UC-Berkeley Professor Arlie Hochschild on the reasons why Trump's political base continues to support him.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 31 min
Europe Declines Faster than the United States

Europe Declines Faster than the United States

<p>On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on U.S. vs Chinese wheelbarrows, the Cold War error against China, the lasting effects of terminated U.S. federal workers, how tariffs alone won't bring manufacturing back to the U.S., further declines in U.S. coal mining, McDonald's hamburgers in the U.S., and the rapid economic decline in Europe.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 31 min
Who Will Likely Win and Lose the U.S.-China Trade War?

Who Will Likely Win and Lose the U.S.-China Trade War?

<p>This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on Trump’s cuts to school mental health counselors, the mass strike in LA County, why China is better positioned for a trade war with the U.S., and how profit drives corporate decisions to relocate U.S. factories overseas, thereby making the US economy vulnerable to long, global supply lines.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 31 min
The Corporatization of Universities and Trump's Attacks

The Corporatization of Universities and Trump's Attacks

<p>This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff begins by presenting updates on the death of libertarianism and the rise of US economic nationalism, and US universities become big businesses, governed by money concerns. In the episode's second half, Professor Wolff interviews Professor Geert Dhondt, the Chair of the Economics Department and Economics Professor at John Jay College of the City University of New York, on how colleges and universities are reacting to Trump's attack on higher education.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 32 min
Reform vs. Revolution

Reform vs. Revolution

<p><br /> Professor Wolff begins this week on Economic Update by analyzing the choice between reform and revolution through two historical discussions: the anti-slavery fight in the mid-19th century and the anti-Depression fight in the U.S. during the 1930s. He then explains the stakes in choosing reform or revolution as goals for social change and outlines how and why both options are now back on the working class's agenda in the U.S. He concludes the discussion by suggesting that revolution is the necessary guarantor of the duration of reforms in the U.S., offering an alternative perspective to consider when choosing reform over revolution. </p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 31 min
Twin Crises of Housing and Homelessness

Twin Crises of Housing and Homelessness

<p>On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on Trump VS Harvard, Trump's "antisemitism" maneuver, how higher education in the U.S. is becoming ever more " business-like,” and the economics behind the depreciation of the U.S. dollar since Jan 20, 2025. The show's second half features an interview with Mr. Rob Robinson, who is to be awarded an honorary doctorate from the City University of New York at its Commencement on June 10, 2025, in recognition of his multiple contributions in the fight against homelessness and inadequate housing in the U.S.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 32 min
Resisting Trump's Restoration Project with Kali Akuno

Resisting Trump's Restoration Project with Kali Akuno

<p>This week on Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff examines a major labor strike unfolding in California, where 2,400 Kaiser Permanente mental health workers are fighting for better conditions. Next, we break down how tariffs function as an economic weapon, undermining the living standards of U.S. workers.</p> <p>Finally, Professor Wolff sits down with Kali Akuno, co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson, to discuss Trump’s controversial "restoration" agenda and the growing resistance against it.</p> <p>Kali Akuno is the co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson, a network of worker cooperatives and community-led programs that sustain and grow a democratic, just, and sustainable economy in Jackson, MS. Among these programs is the Fannie Lou Hamer Community Land Trust, which enables community members to collectively steward the land and creates opportunities for affordable property ownership.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 32 min
Solidarity Cities as Alternatives to Capitalism

Solidarity Cities as Alternatives to Capitalism

<p>**** SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ****<br /> For those of you in the New York area, we'd like to invite you to join us for another presentation of "Global Capitalism Live with Professor Richard Wolff" taking place on April 30th. Professor Wolff will be giving a lecture on the impact of President Trump’s economic policies and explaining how they are an attack on working people as part of a reflection on May Day. This event will be held in person in the main lecture hall at the Women Building Up campus at 401 State Street in Brooklyn, NY. Seats are limited but you can still get tickets to the event by going to our website: <br /> democracyatwork.info and clicking the link in the banner image at the top of the homepage or by going to: bit.ly/3YEZOu8</p> <p>This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on employers that are blocking, delaying, and opposing improvements on general social welfare, the Trump administration putting an end to "affirmative action" for veterans (including those disabled), and how the Trump tariffs are worsening uncertainty with very serious negative consequences. In the second half of the show, Professor Wolff interviews Professors Maliha Safri and Stephen Healy, co-authors of the new book "Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation."</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 32 min
Tariffs, the Working Class, and Resistance

Tariffs, the Working Class, and Resistance

<p>In this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff critiques the DOGE practice of firing federal civilian employees, analyzes the Trump tariff program, and shows how both are presented as ways to solve deep economic problems in the U.S. but are actually an assault on the working class. The second part of the show features an interview with David Van Deusen, the former head of the Vermont state AFL-CIO and now an organizer of union-based resistance to the Trump program.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 30 min
Unlearning Market Idolatry

Unlearning Market Idolatry

<p>This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff explores the last 150 years of largely uncritical celebrations of "the market" as if it were a perfect institution that must be protected from the intrusion of other institutions such as the government, labor unions, and popular organizations. We compare a historical example and the present to criticize today's peculiar mix of market idolatry and its rejection in the U.S.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 31 min
Mounting Economic Problems

Mounting Economic Problems

<p>In this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses certain minimum wages by the Trump administration, the costs of Germany's rearmament, and how Trump's tariffs and deportations have hit central America with economic catastrophe. The second half features a detailed discussion of the historical blaming of foreigners for the internal problems of capitalism in the U.S. </p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 31 min
How Marx's Class Analysis Could Solve Inequality Now

How Marx's Class Analysis Could Solve Inequality Now

<p><br /> In this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses how Marx's class analysis presents a solution to today's inequality and the challenges to overcoming it we have faced throughout history. In short, since the early existence of human society, people lived in tribes, clans, and villages that exhibited equality of wealth, income, and political power among their members. As modern history began to unfold, slavery, feudalism, and capitalism evolved as society as we know it took shape. In each of those three systems, huge inequalities separated people into masters vs slaves, lords vs serfs, and employers vs employees. Exploited and oppressed slaves, serfs, and employees opposed the inequalities of those systems but were unable to overcome them despite repeated efforts (revolutions). Marx questioned why modern societies failed to install and sustain systems of egalitarian wealth and power distribution (democracy). His answer lay in the understanding that class differences within the organization of production produce inequalities and sustain them. Overcoming those inequalities thus requires ending the class divisions within the organization of production and instead organizing in favor of a worker-cooperative structured method of production.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 30 min
Build and Fight: The Resistance Forms

Build and Fight: The Resistance Forms

<p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 33 min
Federal Employees Fight Back

Federal Employees Fight Back

<p>This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the firing of government workers by Trump/Musk with an economic analysis showing it to be an attack on the U.S. working class followed by a discussion of Trump's foreign policy of turning against Europe as merely an adjustment to an "American Capitalism First" project that is as old as the U.S. The second half of the show, features an interview with U.S. federal employee Colin Smalley, a sixteen-year member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and an IFPTE union member who discusses how and why workers are fighting back.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 32 min
The Nobel Prize in Economics Exposed

The Nobel Prize in Economics Exposed

<p>This week’s episode of Economic Update features updates on the economic risks and costs Europe faces from deporting or blocking immigrants as compared to Spain's prosperity through a pro-immigrant policy, the work of Michael Burawoy, a Marxist sociology professor at UC Berkeley, and how the inflation of meat prices is affected by a four-company oligopoly that controls 85% of the U.S. meat supply. In the second half of this week’s show, Professor Wolff interviews economics professor Shahram Azhar of Bucknell University on his recently published critique of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 31 min
U.S. Policy toward China:  A Failing Effort to Contain Historic Change

U.S. Policy toward China: A Failing Effort to Contain Historic Change

<p>In this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses unionizing Whole Foods workers VS. Amazon and Trump and the contradictions, dangers, and global retaliation of the new administration's tariff program. The show's second half features an interview with political scientist Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III on the China-U.S. competition: its costs, the stakes, and why the U.S. is losing.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 31 min
Capitalism, Lost Empathy and Rising Addictions

Capitalism, Lost Empathy and Rising Addictions

<p>In this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses Trump's attempts at taking Panama as more evidence of rising colonialism and imperial ambitions, the recent organizing and strike of 10,000 Colorado grocery workers, and finally, corporations and investment funds abandoning DEI. In the second half of the show, Prof. Wolff interviews psychotherapist Tess Fraad-Wolff on capitalism's causal links to declining empathy and rising addictions.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 21 min
The View from Prison

The View from Prison

<p>In this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff delivers updates on the North Carolina union election at an Amazon warehouse, the deportation of immigrants, and the U.S. construction industry, a lesson in how capitalism installs new technology like A.I. and how it could be far better done. In the second half of this week's episode, Professor Wolff interviews Serena Martin, a formerly incarcerated social activist and executive director of New Hour for Women and Children.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 31 min
Marriage and Capitalism

Marriage and Capitalism

<p>In this week's episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad explores the global shift in household structures, which stands in stark contrast to traditional marriage norms. As the fundamental unit for creating and sustaining human life, the family is undergoing profound transformations. Just as the nuclear family once replaced the feudal family, new and diverse family structures are now emerging in place of the nuclear model, as marriage declines and new patterns of child-rearing and family formation take root.</p>

Dauer: 21 min
New Economics Institute with Clara Mattei

New Economics Institute with Clara Mattei

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<p>In this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff delves into the heroic efforts of California firefighters and their extraordinary work in battling the recent wildfires in Los Angeles. We also explore the progressive transformations occurring within U.S. labor unions and shed light on the escalating housing affordability crisis across the United States.</p> <p>Additionally, we interview Professor Clara Mattei, Director of the newly established Center for Heterodox Economics in Oklahoma. Professor Mattei shares details about this groundbreaking initiative, outlining its goals, mission, and activities, as well as how it distinguishes itself from mainstream economic approaches.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 32 min
Trump's Anti-Immigrant Campaigns

Trump's Anti-Immigrant Campaigns

<p>In this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff explores the economic consequences of the United States threatening Mexico and Canada. We also highlight how worker co-ops are joining forces with unions to strengthen both movements and examine the economics of the illegal drug trade. Additionally, we discuss the significance of Indonesia joining BRICS.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 30 min
Persistent Homelessness: Capitalism's Housing Failures

Persistent Homelessness: Capitalism's Housing Failures

<p>In this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses updates on deep political corruption: the Illinois example, final statistics on the 2024 presidential election results did NOT give Trump any mandate, the Canadian government forcing 55,000 striking postal workers back to work despite massive worker opposition. Finally, we have an interview with housing advocate and activist, Rob Robinson (formerly un-housed) reporting on the global housing advocates' conferences in Spain and Brazil.</p> <p> </p> <p>The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p>You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p>https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</p> <p> </p> <p>Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p>We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p>We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 30 min
Marxism and Economics: A Global View with Shahram Azhar

Marxism and Economics: A Global View with Shahram Azhar

<p class="MsoNormal">The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: <a href= "https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate">https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 31 min
Review of 2024: The U.S. Economy Not So Great

Review of 2024: The U.S. Economy Not So Great

<p class="MsoNormal">In this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses the "catalog" of 2024's economic problem areas: (1) Slow growth relative to China/BRICS; (2) the war in Ukraine; (3) the crises in Gaza and the greater Middle East; (4) Biden & Trump tariffs policy; (5) scapegoating immigrants; (6) corporations disinterest in climate change and DEI initiatives; (7) rising U.S. labor militancy and public support,' (8) rise of violence; (9) social security benefit increases' failure keep up with inflation. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: <a href= "https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate">https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 30 min
Class Struggles Worldwide

Class Struggles Worldwide

<p class="MsoNormal">This week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delves into key global developments, including President Trump's looming tariff wars, the collapse of Emmanuel Macron's government in France, and massive strikes by Volkswagen workers in Germany. He also examines the fall of governments in South Korea and Syria and its implications, along with the public reaction to the assassination of a prominent healthcare CEO. Professor Wolff concludes by analyzing how these events collectively highlight class struggles fueled by the declining U.S. empire and its systemic challenges.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: <a href= "https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate">https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>

Dauer: 29 min
The Persistence of Socialism

The Persistence of Socialism

Dauer: 31 min
Labor Unions and Political Power

Labor Unions and Political Power

Dauer: 30 min
The US Capitalist Class and the Election

The US Capitalist Class and the Election

Dauer: 31 min
The Dangers and Opportunities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with RJ Eskow

The Dangers and Opportunities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with RJ Eskow

Dauer: 30 min
The Global Movement for Cooperatives with Jerome N. Warren

The Global Movement for Cooperatives with Jerome N. Warren

Dauer: 31 min
The Economics of US Labor Struggles and Gaza

The Economics of US Labor Struggles and Gaza

Dauer: 30 min
The Missing Economics of the 2024 US Presidential Election

The Missing Economics of the 2024 US Presidential Election

Dauer: 30 min
Puerto Rican Crises and Left Political Unity

Puerto Rican Crises and Left Political Unity

Dauer: 30 min
Flint: The Water Crisis Persists W/Jordan Chariton

Flint: The Water Crisis Persists W/Jordan Chariton

Dauer: 31 min
Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) with Eric Blanc

Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) with Eric Blanc

Dauer: 29 min
Financializing Public Universities for Wall Street's Benefit

Financializing Public Universities for Wall Street's Benefit

Dauer: 30 min
Understanding Communism Part Two

Understanding Communism Part Two

Dauer: 30 min
Understanding Communism Pt. 1

Understanding Communism Pt. 1

Dauer: 30 min
Yanis Varoufakis on the Changing World Economy

Yanis Varoufakis on the Changing World Economy

Dauer: 32 min
Labor Day And Abe Lincoln, Honoring Both Together

Labor Day And Abe Lincoln, Honoring Both Together

Dauer: 29 min
Worsening Economic Inequality Yields Worsening Social Conditions

Worsening Economic Inequality Yields Worsening Social Conditions

Dauer: 29 min
Capitalism vs Patriarchy W/Tess Fraad-Wolff

Capitalism vs Patriarchy W/Tess Fraad-Wolff

Dauer: 30 min
Capitalism, Today's World Economy and Gaza with Clara Mattei

Capitalism, Today's World Economy and Gaza with Clara Mattei

Dauer: 31 min
Capitalism versus Marriage

Capitalism versus Marriage

Dauer: 32 min
Economic Update: The Contributions of Karl Marx

Economic Update: The Contributions of Karl Marx

Dauer: 67 min