Richard Wolff

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Today's Special "Wolff Responds", Professor Wolff is joined by Dr. Harriet Fraad and Professor Shahram Azhar to discuss the results of the 2024 Presidential election

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Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He is the author of Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire (Editions 1968, 2003, 2021), ‘and forgive them their debts’ (2018), J is for Junk Economics (2017), Killing the Host (2015), The Bubble and Beyond (2012), Trade, Development and Foreign Debt (1992 & 2009) and of The Myth of Aid (1971), amongst many others.

ISLET engages in research regarding domestic and international finance, national income and balance-sheet accounting with regard to real estate. We also engage in the economic history of the ancient Near East.

Michael acts as an economic advisor to governments worldwide including China, Iceland and Latvia on finance and tax law. He gives presentations on various topics at conferences and meetings and can be booked here. Listen to some of his many radio interviews to hear his hyperspeed analysis of the geo-political machinations of global economics. Travel costs and a per diem are appreciated.

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Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, New York City.

Earlier he taught economics at Yale University (1967-1969) and at the City College of the City University of New York (1969-1973). In 1994, he was a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Paris (France), I (Sorbonne). Wolff was also a regular lecturer at the Brecht Forum in New York City. (https://www.rdwolff.com/about)

Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He is the author of Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire (Editions 1968, 2003, 2021), ‘and forgive them their debts’ (2018), J is for Junk Economics (2017), Killing the Host (2015), The Bubble and Beyond (2012), Trade, Development and Foreign Debt (1992 & 2009) and of The Myth of Aid (1971), amongst many others.

ISLET engages in research regarding domestic and international finance, national income and balance-sheet accounting with regard to real estate. We also engage in the economic history of the ancient Near East.

Michael acts as an economic advisor to governments worldwide including China, Iceland and Latvia on finance and tax law. He gives presentations on various topics at conferences and meetings and can be booked here. Listen to some of his many radio interviews to hear his hyperspeed analysis of the geo-political machinations of global economics. Travel costs and a per diem are appreciated.

https://michael-hudson.com/

Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, New York City.

Earlier he taught economics at Yale University (1967-1969) and at the City College of the City University of New York (1969-1973). In 1994, he was a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Paris (France), I (Sorbonne). Wolff was also a regular lecturer at the Brecht Forum in New York City. (https://www.rdwolff.com/about)

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West in Turmoil 2024: Big Elections, Big Social Changes

Topics Include:

• Harris vs Trump: civil and class struggles converge
• Western Europe: UK elections = collapse of conservative votes,
• French elections = death of political center
• Germany elections = rise of fascist Right and of “Bundnis Sahra Wagenknecht”

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[EU S14 E35] Yanis Varoufakis on the Changing World Economy

On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff draws attention to the 10,000 hotel workers who recently conducted a strike impacting major hotels across 19 US cities. We highlight the contested merger of the two largest grocery chains in America. Albertsons and Kroger threaten to become the third largest retail giant after Amazon, and Walmart plus the Canadian government forces 9000 Canadian railway striking workers back to work, with murmurs of a general strike looming. We also give a shout-out to a small Brooklyn pizzeria unionizing with Starbucks workers.

Finally, an exclusive interview with world-renowned economist, politician, author, and the former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis discusses global economic change and the working class, topics discussed in his latest work "Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism".

Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor at The New School, where he works on economics in the Marxist tradition. This is Richard’s fourth appearance on Robinson’s Podcast. In episode #127, he and Robinson discussed some of the most profound criticisms of capitalism; in #154, they focused on the myths surrounding Marxism and Marx himself; and in #190 they covered the Israel-Palestine conflict from a Marxist perspective. In this wide-ranging episode, Richard and Robinson talk about the end of the American empire. More particularly they discuss the wars in Russia, Ukraine, Israel, and Palestine, the rivalry between China and the United States, the global interplay between capitalism and socialism, the distinction between socialism and communism, the conflict between the BRICS and G7 nations, and more. Richard’s latest book is Understanding Capitalism (Democracy at Work, 2024).

OUTLINE

1. 00:00 Introduction
2. 03:10 On the Trauma of His Family Background
3. 10:50 Academia’s War on Marxism
4. 22:45 Economics as the Secret Undercurrent of History
5. 28:01 Will Ukraine Defeat Russia?
6. 31:52 Is China the Empire of the New World?
7. 39:04 The Best American Strategy Against China
8. 45:24 How Trump Won and Lost America
9. 56:22 Is Israel a Colonialist State?
10. 01:03:23 On the Expulsion of the Palestinians from Israel
11. 01:10:49 Israel as America’s Economic Baby
12. 01:18:08 Global Capitalism as the Enemy of the Islamic World
13. 01:23:00 Why You Should Distrust Wartime Propaganda
14. 01:33:03 Zelensky and the Ukrainian Chess Match
15. 01:42:53 The Economic Conspiracy Behind the American Pick-Up Truck
16. 01:49:31 Israel, Ukraine, and the New Cold War
17. 01:54:20 The Many Taboos of Socialism and Communism
18. 01:58:54 The War Between Socialism and Capitalism
19. 02:07:51 Is Socialism More Efficient than Capitalism?
20. 02:16:58 World War I and the Rise of Socialism
21. 02:22:58 The Failed American Attempt to Destroy Russian Communism
22. 02:27:26 Why Did Russia Choose Communism over Socialism?
23. 02:38:06 Communism, Socialism, and the War for the Workplace
24. 02:43:00 Is China Secretly Capitalist?
25. 02:53:18 America’s Choice Between Equality or Subservience to China
26. 02:58:45 Europe’s Hidden Economic Apocalypse

Robinson’s Website: ⁠http://robinsonerhardt.com⁠

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, historians, economists, and everyone in-between.

[EU S14 E30] Capitalism versus Marriage

This week's episode features updates on the UK and French elections showing dramatic shifts to the left contradicting US mass media, US self-induced global economic isolation in pursuit of punishing countries doing business with China, Trump and Biden equally unwilling to solve Social Security's financial problems by taxing incomes of the rich as Congress could and should. Professor Wolff closes with an interview with Dr. Harriet Fraad on global declines in marriage and birth rates and those declines' connections to capitalism.

Dr. Harriet Fraad is an Author, feminist activist, psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, and Host of Capitalism Hits Home.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18411047

On Monday the Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ both nosedived, recording substantial losses totaling trillions of dollars. Other economic indicators remain poor as well, and despite what alleged efforts the Fed may take, the signs of a coming recession are impossible to ignore. One individual who anticipated the crash was billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who unloaded a substantial amount of his Apple stock holdings just before the crash.

Jimmy talks to Economics Professor Richard Wolff about how investors like Buffett help drive crashes, and why crashes like this are typical for a capitalist system and should be expected to happen every 4-7 years.

@profwolff

US gov't shows "tough anti-China" words, but little real action so far because trade wars hurt US Corporations' profits.

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#WolffBites: Headlines scream: "$18 billion of Chinese-made goods imported into US now subject to higher new tariffs". But total value of Chinese goods imported into US in 2023 was $ 427 billion.

[https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3272538/us-says-start-new-china-tariffs-will-be-delayed-least-two-weeks]

Source: https://x.com/profwolff/status/1819385083947573657

[EU S14 E28] Criminalizing the Homeless

On this week’s Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses a huge victory for Uber and Lyft drivers' struggling for better wages in Massachusetts; we also bring to your attention six United States senators who criticized Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase for failing to curb fossil fuel investments as he promised. In addition, we discuss the unfortunate new law passed by the new right-wing government in Greece extending the working week to six days.

Finally, we close our program with an Interview with longtime activist Rob Robinson, on the latest Supreme Court decision Grants Pass v. Johnson, which essentially criminalizes the homeless poor as part of its extreme right-wing change.

Rob Robinson is a formerly homeless individual who has dedicated his life to advocating for the rights of the homeless and for affordable and sustainable housing.

Today's "Wolff Responds", Professor Wolff discusses the prison system in the United Kingdom and the United States

Today's "Wolff Responds", Professor Wolff address the apparent attempt on Former President Trump's life.

[EU S14 E27] Capitalism and Struggle Over Climate Change

On this week’s Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses the remarkable bursts of unionization at Starbucks in the US, award-winning New York nurse fired for referring to "genocide" in Gaza, and critique of Paul Krugman's argument that "democracy" is at stake in the 2024 election.

Finally, we close with a major discussion on the tension between the realities of climate change and the profit-driven fossil fuel industry that dominates our global economy

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The Decline of the US Empire

1. • Military Losses: Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine
2. • Economic Losses: The Rise of BRICS
3. • Political Losses: Israel, Sanctions
4. • The Decline of US Capitalism: What Next?

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Today's "Wolff Responds", Professor Wolff discusses the electoral win of The New Popular Front in France.

[EU S14 E26] Socialisms: From the Old Socialisms to the New

On this week’s Economic Update, the entire program is devoted to how old socialism's rapid growth and global spread in the 19th and 20th centuries entailed a focus on the state. Key issues were: (1) would the socialist state limit itself to regulating capitalist enterprises and the market (as in many Western European nations) to enhance the well-being of the employee class or would the state itself own and operate enterprises and replace the market with state planning (as in the USSR), and (2) would the socialist strategy to acquire state power be reformist and electoral or revolutionary and armed. Concrete experiences in and with both kinds of old (i.e. state-focused) socialism led to self-criticisms from which a new socialism has emerged for the 21st century. The new socialism criticizes the state-focus of the old and prioritizes the transformation of the workplace over the social positioning of the state in and for the socialist vision and strategy.

Today's "Wolff Responds", Professor Wolff discusses the recent Supreme Court ruling on "Presidential Immunity"

[EU S14 E25] State Senator And Socialist

In this week’s Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff discusses the rise of the Chinese car industry, the struggle between employers vs employees over in-person vs remote workplaces, and the US military's anti-vax program in the Philippines as part of the US-China Cold War that is already underway. In the second half of our program, we interview Kristen Gonzalez, New York State Senator, District 59, on progressives winning elections.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15820908

A Patron of Democracy at Work asks: "I listen to a lot of podcasts such as yourself to get a broader perspective. I love the clarity you bring to pretty much any subject you discuss. I would like your take on something I've heard recently, that communism is actually conservative fascism. It was in the context of the MAGA Communism narrative that has been discussed and in some cases pushed by creators such as Jackson Hinkle. Is someone trying to rewrite the meaning of communism? Or, did I miss something along the way?"

This is Professor Richard Wolff's video response.

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Dedicated to dialogue and peace!

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This group’s mission is to create a global community of diverse individuals who will support, challenge, and inspire one another by providing a platform for Dialogue.

"INTERVIEW: Professor Richard Wolff derides the ‘utter emptiness’ of Bidenomics, a mish-mash of half-baked ideas designed to satisfy the base of the Democratic Party while avoiding the real problems in the US

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[EU S14 E24] Fracking Vs Fossil Fuel Profits

In this week’s Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff discusses the latest US and EU tariffs against China's electric vehicles, 27,000 Virginia teachers vote to unionize, and students and workers at all 6 University of California campuses strike against attempted repression of students peacefully advocating a Gaza ceasefire.

In the second half of our program, we interview Oscar-nominated and Emmy Winning writer, director, and anti-fracking activist Josh Fox of the award-winning films GASLAND Parts 1 and 2 on his latest film "The Edge of Nature"

there a “Left” Left?

Please view a panel discussion on the state and future of left politics and anti-capitalist theory and organizing between Professor Richard Wolff, Professor Jared Ball, and Malaika Jabali. Moderated by Professor Panagiotis Sotiris. This discussion took place at the recent No War but Class War Forum on May 31st at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus Sponsored by Historical Materialism and Institute for the Radical Imagination Conference