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Back to SearchEconomic Update Extra: David Harvey
Season 8 Episode 3
Prof. Wolff continues the interview with Prof. David Harvey.
7 years, 10 months ago
Economic Update: Labor Versus Capitalism
Season 8 Episode 4
Updates on the Left victory in Mexico's election, SCOTUS's Janus decision, Foxconn fakery in Wisconsin, forced labor for Medicaid beneficiaries, and …
7 years, 10 months ago
Economic Update: Criticizing Capitalism
Season 8 Episode 3
Updates on Colorado's laws favoring coops, capitalism and suicide, rent control on California ballot, foreign trade controls, French govt vs GE, Ford…
7 years, 11 months ago
Economic Update: Contradictions Coming Home
Season 8 Episode 2
Updates on the exploding suicide rate in the US, irrational home-building reflects and worsens inequality, VA nurses sue because of overwork required…
7 years, 11 months ago
Economic Update: Tariffs in an Unraveling Economy
Season 7 Episode 23
Updates on tariffs as political fiction, Irish state apologizes for the gross exploitation of girls and women, illegal toxic vehicle emissions contin…
7 years, 11 months ago
Economic Update: Standing Up
Season 7 Episode 22
Updates on China's life expectancy, Ireland's vote, US unemployment, Amazon's quitting bonus, Johnson and Johnson put profits before public health, d…
7 years, 11 months ago
Economic Update: Capitalism Makes Few Winners, Many Losers
Season 7 Episode 21
Updates on Armenia's Political Spring, banks big profits, Harley-Davidson fires hundreds, unjust criminal penalties, US households' financial distres…
7 years, 11 months ago
Economic Update: The Contributions of Karl Marx
Season 7
Professor Wolff takes a deeper look at the life and work of Karl Marx in celebration of the 200th anniversary of his birth.
8 years ago
Economic Update: An Unsustainable System
Season 7 Episode 20
Updates on decline of cities/private cities, freelancers' economy, why legalize sports betting now, Fiat-Chrysler-Porsche added to emissions cheating…
8 years ago
Economic Update: Another "Gilded Age"
Season 7 Episode 19
Updates on Theranos bankruptcy and workers' risks, our second "gilded age," mortgage lenders turn to rich borrowers, Trump on drug prices is just rhe…
8 years ago