Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff

By: Democracy at Work Richard D. Wolff
  • Summary

  • Economic Update is a weekly nationally syndicated radio 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 their own financial situation as well as the economy at large. By focusing on the economic dimensions of everyday life - wages, jobs, taxes, debts, and profits - the program explores alternative ways to organize markets and government policies.
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Episodes
  • Trump's Anti-Immigrant Campaigns
    Jan 28 2025

    In this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff explores the economic consequences of the United States threatening Mexico and Canada. We also highlight how worker co-ops are joining forces with unions to strengthen both movements and examine the economics of the illegal drug trade. Additionally, we discuss the significance of Indonesia joining BRICS.

    The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.

    You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:

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    Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.

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    30 mins
  • Persistent Homelessness: Capitalism's Housing Failures
    Jan 21 2025

    In this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses updates on deep political corruption: the Illinois example, final statistics on the 2024 presidential election results did NOT give Trump any mandate, the Canadian government forcing 55,000 striking postal workers back to work despite massive worker opposition. Finally, we have an interview with housing advocate and activist, Rob Robinson (formerly un-housed) reporting on the global housing advocates' conferences in Spain and Brazil.

    The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.

    You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:

    https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate

    Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.

    We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01

    We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info

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    30 mins
  • Marxism and Economics: A Global View with Shahram Azhar
    Jan 14 2025

    The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.

    You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:

    https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate

    Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.

    We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01

    We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info

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    31 mins

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