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The Corporatization of Universities and Trump's Attacks

Season 15 Episode 20

This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff begins by presenting updates on the death of libertarianism and the rise of US economic nationalism, an…

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Reform vs. Revolution

Season 15 Episode 19

Professor Wolff begins this week on Economic Update by analyzing the choice between reform and revolution through two historical discussions: the an…

1 year ago

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Twin Crises of Housing and Homelessness

Season 15 Episode 18

On this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on Trump VS Harvard, Trump's "antisemitism" maneuver, how higher educatio…

1 year ago

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Resisting Trump's Restoration Project with Kali Akuno

Season 15 Episode 17

This week on Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff examines a major labor strike unfolding in California, where 2,400 Kaiser Permanente mental hea…

1 year ago

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Solidarity Cities as Alternatives to Capitalism

Season 15 Episode 16

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For those of you in the New York area, we'd like to invite you to join us for another presentation of "Global Capitali…

1 year, 1 month ago

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Tariffs, the Working Class, and Resistance

Season 15 Episode 15

In this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff critiques the DOGE practice of firing federal civilian employees, analyzes the Trump tarif…

1 year, 1 month ago

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Unlearning Market Idolatry

Season 15 Episode 14

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 …

1 year, 1 month ago

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Mounting Economic Problems

Season 15 Episode 13

In this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses certain minimum wages by the Trump administration, the costs of Germany's rearma…

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How Marx's Class Analysis Could Solve Inequality Now

Season 15 Episode 12

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 cha…

1 year, 2 months ago

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Build and Fight: The Resistance Forms

Season 15 Episode 11

In this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses the economic causes and effects of the global demographic's decline, the Trump a…

1 year, 2 months ago

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