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Wolff: 2011: Calling Time on Capitalism
Znet Article, January, 09 2011
Richard D. Wolff
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The end of 2010 brought renewed Washington rhetoric, media hype and academic me-too declarations about the US economy "recovering". We've heard them before since the crisis hit in 2007. They always proved wrong.
Wolff: US Tax Deal Brings Austerity Closer
Znet Article, December, 27 2010
Richard D. Wolff
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Once again, the two old wings of the political establishment do business as usual in Washington.
Wolff: Deficits: Real Issue, Phony Debates
Znet Article, December, 10 2010
Richard D. Wolff
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Deficits have now risen, yet again, to headline status. Conservatives inside and to the right of the Republican Party frame the national debates by attacking deficits.
Wolff: Politics and the National Debt
Znet Article, December, 08 2010
Richard D. Wolff
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In 1989, the US national debt was about $3 trillion. As 2010 draws to a close, it stands at just under $14 trillion.
Wolff: The Crisis and Obama's Decline
Znet Article, November, 30 2010
Richard D. Wolff
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The economic crisis that Obama rode to victory in 2008 also rode him down in the 2010 elections.
Wolff: Ireland and the Tragedy of European Austerity
Znet Article, November, 29 2010
Richard D. Wolff
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European financial and political leaders are now imposing a social disaster on Ireland’s people.
Wolff: Capitalist Cutbacks and the Strikes in Europe
Video, November, 21 2010
Richard D. Wolff
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The drive for austerity and the amazing fightback of French workers
Wolff: What is to be Done: A New Left Strategy
Znet Article, November, 19 2010
Richard D. Wolff
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Central issues dominating politics in North Atlantic nations today include the impact of the economic crisis, its causes, state responses, and who will pay for the state responses.
Wolff: The Fed and the Great Recession That Won't Go Away
Znet Article, November, 12 2010
Richard D. Wolff
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In the shadow cast by mass media coverage of elections in which under 40 % of eligible citizens voted, the Federal Reserve recognized what the candidates could or would not.
Wolff: Why the Economic Crisis Deepens
Video, November, 06 2010
Richard D. Wolff
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Talk given at the New School...
Wolff: Why France Matters Here Too
Znet Article, October, 27 2010
Richard D. Wolff
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For many weeks now, the historic social change sweeping across France has drawn increasing attention globally.
Wolff: Another Outrage
Znet Article, October, 19 2010
Richard D. Wolff
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In France, millions march againstthe Sarkozy plan to push the age of eligibility for full retirement benefits from 65 to 67. "We can no longer afford" to pay for workers' retirements at age 65, Sarkozy says. Similarly, rumors swirl in Washington a...
Wolff: French Labor Activism, US Labor Passivism
Znet Article, October, 16 2010
Richard D. Wolff
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What differentiates French labor activism from US labor passivism are decades in which US labor unions and the US left declined in size, militancy, and social influence far further and faster than their French counterparts.
Wolff: European Workers Distance from US Through Action
Video, October, 06 2010
Richard D. Wolff
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While workers in the US talk about "One Nation", workers in Europe are demanding that the rich pay for crisis.
Wolff: Housing & the Economy
Audio, September, 21 2010
Richard D. Wolff
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This interview explores the the US housing industry and how it helped to cause the current economic crisis, and was so damaged by the crisis that its crippled state now undermines efforts to escape from the crisis.
Wolff: Economics: Marxian versus Neoclassical
Book, August, 20 2010
Wolff and Resnick provide a unique, balanced explication of the differing assumptions, logical structures, and arguments of neoclassical and Marxian economics. They address broader aspects of evaluating or choosing between alternative theories, bu...
Wolff: Capitalism Hits the Fan
Book, July, 13 2010
Economist Richard Wolff provides a diary like account of the development of the latest capitalist downturn.
Wolff: Obama should force the votes on health care
Video, July, 30 2009
Richard d. Wolff
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Obama must create the support needed to reform health care...
