Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
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Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a weekly nationally syndicated program produced by Democracy at Work and hosted by Richard D. Wolff. The program explores complex economic issues and empowers listeners with information to analyze not only their own financial situation but the economy at large. Beyond focusing a critical eye on the economic dimensions of everyday life - wages, jobs, taxes, debts, interest rates, prices, and profits - the program also explores systemic solutions to our economy's problems including alternative ways to organize production and distribution of the goods and services we all depend on.
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The content covers critical economic topics, including labor rights, housing affordability, and wealth inequality, with episodes that tackle subjects like capitalism's impact on homelessness, the economic implications of U.S. politics, and the evolution of family structures. Specific examples include deep dives into the illegal drug trade, worker co-ops, and recent U.S. labor movements.
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a weekly nationally syndicated program produced by Democracy at Work and hosted by Richard D. Wolff. The program explores complex economic issues and empowers listeners with information to analyze not only their own financial situation but the economy at large. Beyond focusing a critical eye on the economic dimensions of everyday life – wages, jobs, taxes, debts, interest rates, prices, and profits – the program also explores systemic solutions to our economy’s problems including alternative ways to organize production and distribution of the goods and services we all depend on.
On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor delivers updates on why and how worker co-ops are a strategic direction for socialism, and Europe’s deindustrialization. The second half features an interview with Anne McGrew and Will Chaney about the Center for Popular Economics and its work since 1978, teaching economics in ways that neither college and university departments nor labor unions do.
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