Apr 17, 2024
[EU S14 E15] A Sea Change In US Labor's Militancy
In this week’s Economic Update Professor, Richard Wolff examines US spending on war materials for Ukraine and Israel, we will discuss Chinese Electric Vehicle imports and the US's protectionist response, and we will highlight the possible convergence of...
Apr 10, 2024
[EU S14 E14] Economic Update: The Myth of Black Buying Power
This week’s Economic Update Professor Richard Wolff discusses how the capitalist political economy can explain the Baltimore bridge disaster, we explain why raising minimum wages helps big vs small businesses. We highlight the recent court rulings in New...
Apr 2, 2024
[EU S14 E13] Resurgent Labor Organizing In The South
This week’s Economic Update Professor Richard Wolff discusses the US Treasury Department charges Apple as monopoly, Georgia's state government sides openly with employers against unions, two union members decide to enter important elections as independent voices in...
Mar 26, 2024
[EU S14 E12] How Capitalism Distributes Power
Updates on resurging child labor in US, colleges athlete vote to join unions, unionization sweeping not-for-profit charities (hospitals, museums, etc) such as MassMoca in western Massachusetts. Major discussion of how capitalism concentrates power in mass media (including...
Mar 19, 2024
[EU S14 E11] Patriarch and Capitalism
This week’s Economic Update Professor Richard Wolff discusses the UAW union’s latest moves. Their organizing drives at auto plants, their efforts to form unions among employed and free-lance journalists. In addition, we will highlight New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s decision...