Economic Update

This week's updates covers Trump ending Housing First, Spain goes for a wealth tax, Trump disqualifies unions at government agencies, France's mass movement  on September 10th against the Macron gove…

Professor Wolff explains what deficits are and why the capitalist system enables and invites employers to cause them. He then proceeds to explain how deficits both solve specific problems of capitali…

In this week's episode of the "Best Of Economic Update Series," we examine a comparison between the economic failures we face today caused by the same political forces and capitalists that we have en…

This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses the following about Mamdani's victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral race: (1) how it happened, who voted for him and why; (2) the var…

On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff provides updates on Medicare advantage and "pre-authorization" as a way to reduce Medicare payments, liberals and radicals split over Mamdan…

On this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the political theater, of the U.S./Iran hostilities, the political shock of Zohran Mamdani's Democratic primary win in N…

On this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff has a one-on-one discussion with Pulitzer Prizewinner Chris Hedges, who draws on history, his years as a correspondent and NY Times Middle E…

1. How Trump seeks to address the problem of costly American wars and their impact on sharply rising budget deficits,
2. How the rising U.S. debt has led to the loss of the United States’ "AAA" credi…

On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the blow back to Iowa Senator Joni Ernst’s rationalization of budget cuts to Medicaid to help fund tax cuts for corporat…

This week's Economic Update looks at how US production of wheel-barrows moved to China, and how the U.S. is adopting a Cold War mentality against China. Also discussed are the  socioeconomic effects …

This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on Trump’s cuts to school mental health counsellors, the mass strike in LA County, why China is better positioned for a trade war with t…

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 are becoming big businesses, gov…

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-Depress…

This week's Economic Update focuses on Trump's attacks on Harvard, Trump's "antisemitism" maneuver against educational institutions, and US universities becoming ever more " business-like." as well a…

This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the Kaiser Permanente mental health workers' strike unfolding in California and the function of tariffs as an economic weapon that al…

  In this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff speaks on employers blocking, delaying, and opposing improvements on general social welfare, highlights how Trump ends "affirmative action…