Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff Podcast
1) Higher Education Labor United (HELU) Rises
On this week’s episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the Vermont Public Employers who got the contractual right to act with pay to "defend democracy," Tesla’s board offers Mu...Show More
2) The Fight Against Money Corrupting Politics
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on Bernie-endorsed Independent U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner in Maine, the latest Gallup poll showing that 68% Americans are pro-u...Show More
3) An Argument for A New Labor Party
The left-wing surge of the U.S. working class during the Great Depression of the 1930s compelled the Democratic Party to prioritize serving the working class more than it had before or would again. It...Show More
4) Best Of 2025 Part 4: Today's Economic Failures
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 enc...Show More
5) Best Of Series Part 3: Interviews Echoing Today
The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so. You c...Show More
6) Best Of Series Part 2: The Most Viewed Updates
This week on Economic Update, we revisit two of the most viewed episodes of Economic Update. The first features Professor Wolff's analysis of the key changes driving the emergence of a new economic wo...Show More
7) Best Of Series Part 1: Psychology & Trump
This week on Economic Update, we take a look back at Donald Trump's first term as president through the lens of psychology with Dr. Harriet Fraad. She explains what could have led people to vote for h...Show More
8) Mamdani's Win in NYC: Causes & Prospects for a Socialist Mayor
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 vari...Show More
9) The Workers' Struggle within The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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 Ne...Show More
10) How Deep Fascist Parallels Run
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff, responding to requests, explores the parallels between what led to the rise of Hitler and fascism in Germany after World War I and what has brought the U...Show More