Economic Update:  The Year 2024 in Review
11 January 2025

Economic Update: The Year 2024 in Review

Economic Update
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n 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.


In conclusion: American economic strengths are legacies of the United States' economic past. Now its problems take center stage.