Economic Update- Resurgent Labor Organizing In The South08 April 2024On this week’s Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff discusses the US Treasury Department's charge against Apple as a monopoly, Georgia's state government siding openly with employers against unions, two union members deciding to enter important elections as independent voices in Nebraska and Wes...00:29:00
Economic Update- Capitalism Distributes Power01 April 2024This week features updates on resurging child labor in the US, college athletes voting to join unions, and unionization sweeping not-for-profit charities (hospitals, museums, etc) such as MassMoca in western Massachusetts. We will also have a major discussion of how capitalism concentrates power in ...00:29:00
Economic Update- Patriarchy and Capitalism25 March 2024 On this week’s Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff discusses the UAW union’s latest moves; their organizing drives at auto plants, their efforts to form unions among employed and free-lance journalists. In addition, we will highlight New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s decision to deploy national...00:29:00
Economic Update- Debris From A Declining Empire18 March 2024This week's episode of Economic Update hosted by Professor Richard Wolff, we discuss United Kingdom politician George Galloway's by-election victory, and the raised minimum wage in the UK. We will comment on Elon Musk's lawsuit against the NLRB, as Trader Joe's, Starbucks, and Amazon also join to as...00:29:00
Economic Update- Capitalism, Gender, And A Split Society11 March 2024 This week's episode of Economic Update we discuss the underemployment of US college graduates, failed anti-Russian sanctions, the collapsed UK birth rate, and expanding wars in the Middle East. In addition, we will dive into the costs and risks in absence of a ceasefire in Gaza. Finally we Intervie...00:29:00
Economic Update- Breaking Up With Capitalism04 March 2024This week's episode of Economic Update hosted by Professor Richard Wolff, we discuss the Philadelphia University of the Arts Faculty Union and its struggles; we clarify what declining inflation does and does not mean; we answer the question: as to why sanctions fail. Finally we interview Essence Mag...00:29:00
Economic Update- Capitalism and Tax Injustice26 February 2024 In this week's episode of Economic Update hosted by Professor Richard Wolff, we discuss Germany's recession, California fast-food workers unionizing, how the war in Ukraine boosts the US stock market and corporate stock holdings, while hurting most wage/salary incomes. In addition we ask what lesso...00:29:00
Economic Update- The U.S. Tax System: Designed For Economic Injustice19 February 2024 In the latest episode of "Economic Update," Professor Richard Wolff takes us through a comprehensive exploration of pressing economic issues. From the evolving dynamics of remote work and corporate demands to the intricate economics of the Ukraine conflict, and the ripple effects of anti-Chinese s...00:29:00
Economic Update- The U.S. Economy As An Apartheid System12 February 2024This week's episode of Economic Update hosted by Professor Richard Wolff, we will be discussing the continuing decline of US manufacturing; a 29,000 person strike at California State Univ.; the Houthis disrupt Red Sea shipping in move against Israel; and Texas refuses to obey US federal government's...00:29:00
Economic Update- U.S. Capitalism At The Crossroads05 February 2024This week's updates are divided into two parts. Part A: the special dimensions and qualities of the US labor movement's current dynamism, Piketty shows capitalism generates widening wealth and income gaps leading to crashes or else simmering, divisive, domestic resentments. The system itself become...00:29:00
