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Economic Update: "Conditions of the Working Class"
Published on December 17, 2012Updates on Newtown, CT. school shooting, global warming and the CIA, Hostess abuses workers' pensions, and growing gap between CEOs' and workers' pay. Discussion: (1) lessons of Michigan Republicans' assault on union finances and (2) causes and results of declining workers' conditions in US, Europe. Response to listeners: rotation of work in coop workplaces vs capitalist enterprises.
WPKN Radio Interview on Wal-Mart and Fast Food Labor Strikes
Published on December 13, 2012Click here to listen to the interview on WPKN.org Richard Wolff, Prof. of Economics at the New School in NYC, talks with host Richard Hill about the non-unionized labor actions that have occurred in the last few weeks at Wal-Mart and in the fast food industry, and places these struggles in their historical context.Economic Update: "Systemic Crises: Economic and Ecological"
Published on December 10, 2012Updates on unpaid law clerks, Buffett's minimum tax on high incomes, and CBO report on medical care costs and federal deficits. Discussion of Walmart as emblem and example of capitalist "success." Responding to listeners on Robin Hood tax and student debt relief campaign and on rationales for cutting corporate tax rates.
On Economic Update with Professor Richard Wolff, Wolff and guests will discuss the current state of the economy, both locally and globally in relation to the economic crisis.Interview on Occupy Radio in London
Published on December 5, 2012Capitalism Vs. Co-ops by Occupy Radio on Mixcloud
In this Skype interview with Occupy Radio Wolff outlines his views on the failure of capitalism and it’s alternatives.Meanings of the Election Results (Podcast)
Published on December 3, 2012Everyone from the candidates to the parties to observers and voters are making their respective senses of what the election results mean. Here we offer a psychological and economic analysis of an election dominated by what people were voting against and how they reacted to remarkably divisive claims made especially by the Romney and Republican forces.Economic Update: "Inconvenient Economic Truths"
Published on December 3, 2012Updates on unpaid law clerks, Buffett's minimum tax on high incomes, and CBO report on medical care costs and federal deficits. Discussion of Walmart as emblem and example of capitalist "success." Responding to listeners on Robin Hood tax and student debt relief campaign and on rationales for cutting corporate tax rates. On Economic Update with Professor Richard Wolff, Wolff and guests will discuss the current state of the economy, both locally and globally in relation to the economic crisis.Radio Interview with Scott Harris on Counterpoint on WPKN
Published on November 26, 2012Click here to stream this interview from the WPKN Counterpoint archives
Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 - 10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org
Economic Update: "Worker's Self-Directed Enterprises"
Published on November 25, 2012Updates on California's vote for tax hikes on the super rich, a public-funded museum sued for charging admission, and worker self-direction as a solution for the bankrupt Hostess bakery. Interview with political science professor Peter Ranis on workers' coops in Argentina, Cuba, and the US. Response to questions on why corporations and the rich prefer austerity as policy in capitalist downturns.
Economic Update: "Capitalism's Costly Uneven Development: Detroit"
Published on November 18, 2012Updates on politicians' big business incomes after their government jobs and the debate over social security. Interview with Prof David Fasenfest of Detroit's Wayne State University on causes and cures of Detroit's economic devastation. Responses to listeners on Britain's homeless and on controlling banks "too big to fail." On Economic Update with Professor Richard Wolff, Wolff and guests will discuss the current state of the economy, both locally and globally in relation to the economic crisis.Economic Update: "Puerto Rico: Colony and Laboratory"
Published on November 11, 2012Updates on Obama's re-election, unemployment's social costs, and Kodak's betrayal of retirees. Interview journalist Ed Morales: history of Puerto Rico as US colony and policy laboratory and global crisis's impact on Puerto Rico since 2007.Economic Update: "Profit Motives"
Published on November 4, 2012Updates on student debt crisis, profit-driven history of US housing, and storm (Sandy) economics. Discussions of Keynesian and Marxian economics. Response to question on transition from capitalist to workers self-directed enterprises.
On Economic Update with Professor Richard Wolff, Wolff and guests will discuss the current state of the economy, both locally and globally in relation to the economic crisis.
