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Who Will Likely Win and Lose the U.S.-China Trade War?

May 27, 2025

This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on Trump’s cuts to school mental health counselors, the mass strike in LA County, why China is better positioned for a trade war with the U.S., and how profit drives corporate decisions to relocate U.S. factories overseas, thereby making the US economy...

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The Corporatization of Universities and Trump's Attacks

May 20, 2025

This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff begins by presenting updates on the death of libertarianism and the rise of US economic nationalism, and US universities become big businesses, governed by money concerns. In the episode's second half, Professor Wolff interviews Professor Geert Dhondt, the Chair of the...

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Reform vs. Revolution

May 13, 2025


Professor Wolff begins this week on Economic Update by analyzing the choice between reform and revolution through two historical discussions: the anti-slavery fight in the mid-19th century and the anti-Depression fight in the U.S. during the 1930s. He then explains the stakes in choosing reform or revolution as goals...

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Twin Crises of Housing and Homelessness

May 6, 2025

On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on Trump VS Harvard, Trump's "antisemitism" maneuver, how higher education in the U.S. is becoming ever more " business-like,” and the economics behind the depreciation of the U.S. dollar since Jan 20, 2025. The show's second half features...

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