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Full Name: Richard D. Wolff

More info about him: https://www.rdwolff.com/about

A lifelong professor of economics, Richard D. Wolff is a well-known critic of contemporary capitalism and the leading proponent of an alternative economic system based on Worker Self-Directed Enterprises (WSDEs). He is the host of Economic Update, and has been interviewed on several popular television programs that include: Real Time with Bill Maher, Bill Moyers’ Moyers & Company, The Charlie Rose Show, and Up with Chris Hayes.


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As the founding director of Democracy at Work (d@w), Wolff’s publications that advocate for making the workplace democratic include articles in Truthout.org, The Guardian, Common Dreams, as well as his recent book: Capitalism's Crisis Deepens

The videos you'll find here also advocate for WSDEs as a key part of moving forward from the current model of capitalism to a new and better economy. For more information, please visit our websites: http://democracyatw


Democracy at Work is a non-profit 501(c)3 that produces media and live events. Our work analyzes capitalism critically as a systemic problem and advocates for democratizing workplaces as part of a systemic solution. We seek a stronger, fuller democracy – in our politics and culture as well as in our economy - based on workers’ equal collaboration and shared leadership inside enterprises and throughout society.


About:

  1. Host of #EconomicUpdate
  2. Prof. of Economics Emeritus @UMassAmherst
  3. visiting Prof. @TheNewSchool
  4. founder @democracyatwrk
  5. #WeCanDoBetterThanCapitalism

Links: 1. 2. 3. rdwolff.com 4. democracyatwork.info 5. facebook.com/RichardDWolff 6. twitter.com/profwolff 7. patreon.com/democracyatwork

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Today's "Wolff Responds", Professor Wolff discusses the prison system in the United Kingdom and the United States

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Today's "Wolff Responds", Professor Wolff address the apparent attempt on Former President Trump's life.

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[EU S14 E27] Capitalism and Struggle Over Climate Change

On this week’s Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses the remarkable bursts of unionization at Starbucks in the US, award-winning New York nurse fired for referring to "genocide" in Gaza, and critique of Paul Krugman's argument that "democracy" is at stake in the 2024 election.

Finally, we close with a major discussion on the tension between the realities of climate change and the profit-driven fossil fuel industry that dominates our global economy

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The Decline of the US Empire

    • Military Losses: Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine
    • Economic Losses: The Rise of BRICS
    • Political Losses: Israel, Sanctions
    • The Decline of US Capitalism: What Next?

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Today's "Wolff Responds", Professor Wolff discusses the electoral win of The New Popular Front in France.

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[EU S14 E26] Socialisms: From the Old Socialisms to the New

On this week’s Economic Update, the entire program is devoted to how old socialism's rapid growth and global spread in the 19th and 20th centuries entailed a focus on the state. Key issues were: (1) would the socialist state limit itself to regulating capitalist enterprises and the market (as in many Western European nations) to enhance the well-being of the employee class or would the state itself own and operate enterprises and replace the market with state planning (as in the USSR), and (2) would the socialist strategy to acquire state power be reformist and electoral or revolutionary and armed. Concrete experiences in and with both kinds of old (i.e. state-focused) socialism led to self-criticisms from which a new socialism has emerged for the 21st century. The new socialism criticizes the state-focus of the old and prioritizes the transformation of the workplace over the social positioning of the state in and for the socialist vision and strategy.

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Today's "Wolff Responds", Professor Wolff discusses the recent Supreme Court ruling on "Presidential Immunity"

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[EU S14 E25] State Senator And Socialist

In this week’s Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff discusses the rise of the Chinese car industry, the struggle between employers vs employees over in-person vs remote workplaces, and the US military's anti-vax program in the Philippines as part of the US-China Cold War that is already underway. In the second half of our program, we interview Kristen Gonzalez, New York State Senator, District 59, on progressives winning elections.

If you haven't already, please subscribe to our channel, follow us on social media and of course be sure to sign up on our website: www.democracyatwork.info

As always, we thank you for your attention, support, and solidarity.

The d@w Team

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15820908

A Patron of Democracy at Work asks: "I listen to a lot of podcasts such as yourself to get a broader perspective. I love the clarity you bring to pretty much any subject you discuss. I would like your take on something I've heard recently, that communism is actually conservative fascism. It was in the context of the MAGA Communism narrative that has been discussed and in some cases pushed by creators such as Jackson Hinkle. Is someone trying to rewrite the meaning of communism? Or, did I miss something along the way?"

This is Professor Richard Wolff's video response.

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Today's "Wolff Responds", Professor Richard Wolff offers his thoughts on the housing crisis plaguing the United States.

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"INTERVIEW: Professor Richard Wolff derides the ‘utter emptiness’ of Bidenomics, a mish-mash of half-baked ideas designed to satisfy the base of the Democratic Party while avoiding the real problems in the US

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[EU S14 E24] Fracking Vs Fossil Fuel Profits

In this week’s Economic Update, Professor Richard Wolff discusses the latest US and EU tariffs against China's electric vehicles, 27,000 Virginia teachers vote to unionize, and students and workers at all 6 University of California campuses strike against attempted repression of students peacefully advocating a Gaza ceasefire.

In the second half of our program, we interview Oscar-nominated and Emmy Winning writer, director, and anti-fracking activist Josh Fox of the award-winning films GASLAND Parts 1 and 2 on his latest film "The Edge of Nature"

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there a “Left” Left?

Please view a panel discussion on the state and future of left politics and anti-capitalist theory and organizing between Professor Richard Wolff, Professor Jared Ball, and Malaika Jabali. Moderated by Professor Panagiotis Sotiris. This discussion took place at the recent No War but Class War Forum on May 31st at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus Sponsored by Historical Materialism and Institute for the Radical Imagination Conference

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d@w produces media & live events to expose capitalism’s systemic problems & to show how democratizing our workplaces solves them.

[S07 E12] Voluntary Childlessness Is A Worldwide Trend. Why?

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Democracy at Work is a non-profit 501(c)3 that produces media and live events. Our work analyzes capitalism critically as a systemic problem and advocates for democratizing workplaces as part of a systemic solution. We seek a stronger, fuller democracy – in our politics and culture as well as in our economy - based on workers’ equal collaboration and shared leadership inside enterprises and throughout society.

[EU S14 E21] New Energies Organizing Unions

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Today's "Wolff Responds", Professor Wolff discusses how United States' foreign policy needs to change