Global Capitalism
42 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsGlobal Capitalism (GC) is a live virtual event featuring Richard D. Wolff. These programs begin with short updates on important economic events of the last months, then Prof Wolff examines a larger topic. Through this series, we hope to develop all participants’ understanding and ability to explain current economic events and trends to others.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
The Decline of the US Empire [July 2024]
July 11, 2024 20:30 - 1 hour - 70 MBThe Decline of the US Empire Topics: Military Losses: Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine Economic Losses: The Rise of BRICS Political Losses: Israel, Sanctions The Decline of US Capitalism: What Next? Special messages to our audience: Please help sponsor Global Capitalism by becoming a monthly donor to Democracy at Work. Go to our website to learn more (www.democracyatwork.info/donate). Follow Democracy at Work on X (Twitter) and YouTube. Our four Democracy at Work ...
A Marxist Critique of Capitalism for 2024 [May 2024]
May 09, 2024 04:18 - 59 minutes - 136 MBA Marxist Critique of Capitalism for 2024 - Core Issues: Labor, Surplus, Exploitation - Inequality and Injustice - Instability: Cycles and Crises - Alternatives to Capitalism Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work and Left Forum Special messages to our audience: Please help sponsor Global Capitalism by becoming a monthly donor to Democracy at Work. Special messages to our audience: Please help sponsor Global Capitalism by becoming a monthly donor to Democracy at Work. Go to our website t...
A May Day 2024 Special [May 1st, 2024]
May 03, 2024 16:17 - 58 minutes - 135 MBToday we offer a very special Global Capitalism special in honor of “May Day” Today's May Day Special, a collaborative effort with long-time contributor Charles Fabian, opens with the major causes for why May Day 2024 is so special. These include the fact that the great crash of global capitalism in 2008-2009 shook the world in ways that include shocking a declining US labor movement back to life and growth. We saw that in 2011 when the Occupy Wall Street movement shook the US and beyo...
Europe 2024: Disunity, Decline, Despair
February 15, 2024 00:43 - 1 hour - 137 MBFebruary's Lecture Outline: Europe 2024: Disunity, Decline, Despair Ukraine + Sanctions = European De-industrialization Fascism’s Resurgence/Immigration Caught Between: China Up, US Down Euro-farmers’ Protest: Europe’s Future UK: Conservative and Labor Collapses Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work and Left Forum Thank you for being an integral part of our community. Your engagement and support fuel our mission to foster critical discussions and insights. Together, we're building ...
Europe 2024: Disunity, Decline, Despair (Jan/Feb 2024)
February 15, 2024 00:43 - 1 hour - 137 MBFebruary's Lecture Outline: Europe 2024: Disunity, Decline, Despair Ukraine + Sanctions = European De-industrialization Fascism’s Resurgence/Immigration Caught Between: China Up, US Down Euro-farmers’ Protest: Europe’s Future UK: Conservative and Labor Collapses Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work and Left Forum Thank you for being an integral part of our community. Your engagement and support fuel our mission to foster critical discussions and insights. Together, we're building ...
Socialism in Today's World: The 4 Kinds
November 09, 2023 01:13 - 59 minutes - 137 MBDemocracy at Work in conjunction with The Left Forum Presents: Global Capitalism Live Economic Update with Professor Richard D. Wolff Socialism in Today’s World: the 4 Kinds - 3 Kinds of State Role in Economy - 1 Kind of Workplace Revolution - Saving Capitalism from Itself - Socialism, Fascism and Capitalism’s Decline Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work and Left Forum Special messages to our audience: Please help sponsor Global Capitalism ...
A Resurging US Labor Movement [September 2023]
September 14, 2023 20:06 - 59 minutes - 136 MBDemocracy at Work in conjunction with The Left Forum Presents: Global Capitalism Live Economic Update with Professor Richard D. Wolff Presentation Topic: A Resurgent U.S. Labor Movement Updates will include analyses of: - Starbucks, Doctors, Autoworkers, etc. - Why Labor Resurgence Now? - Labor’s Goals and Tactics - Alliances with Political Parties - Between Capitalism and Socialism Co-Sponsored by The Left Forum Please help sponsor Global Capitalism by ...
Capitalism Turns to the Authoritarian State [July 2023]
July 20, 2023 21:16 - 58 minutes - 135 MBCapitalism Turns to the Authoritarian State · Why Private Capitalism Makes That Turn · Why State Capitalism Makes That Turn · Will the Authoritarian State Save or End Capitalism? (United States vs. China) · Socialism and the Authoritarian State. Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work and Left Forum Special messages to our audience: Please help sponsor Global Capitalism by becoming a monthly donor to Democracy at Work. Go to our website t...
Challenging Capitalism [March 2023]
March 09, 2023 00:30 - 1 hour - 145 MBIn this month's Global Capitalism lecture, Prof. Wolff discusses the following topics: France’s General Strike March 7, 2023 Women, Unions and Strikes in the US Inflation, Profits, Inequality in the US State versus Private Capitalism: China *Global Capitalism is produced by @democracyatwrk
The Second War in Ukraine [January 2023]
January 12, 2023 00:30 - 55 minutes - 126 MBIn this lecture, Prof. Wolff will discuss the following: At an Historical Turning Point Impact on US Impact on Europe Impact on China, India, Russia, BRICS
After the Elections: Now What? [November 2022]
November 14, 2022 00:30 - 1 hour - 146 MBIn this lecture, Prof. Wolff will discuss the following: US mid-term elections US Capitalism: Crises at home US capitalism: Crises abroad
China vs. US - System Rising vs. Falling [September 2022]
September 14, 2022 23:30 - 1 hour - 148 MBIn this lecture, Prof. Wolff will discuss the following: Compare economic performances (GDP growth, inflation, real wages) Ukraine War/Taiwan Provocations as both China-US conflicts US edges closer to civil war and foreign wars at same time: implications
War, Sanctions, Deepening Splits: Economic, Political, and Cultural [July 2022]
July 13, 2022 23:30 - 1 hour - 176 MBIn this lecture, Prof. Wolff will discuss the following: Global economic splits: US/UK/Japan/Australia vs BRICS+ US political splits: inflation, interest rates, recession, stock market crash, deepening inequality, Democratic Party self destruction Cultural splits: abortion, Miranda, church-state
Marxism: From Critique of Capitalism to Alternative System [May 2022]
May 11, 2022 23:30 - 1 hour - 142 MBIn this lecture, Prof. Wolff will discuss the following: Rising US labor militancy: Amazon to Grinnell College Housing and stock market: bubbles and bursts French left unity: a model for the world? McConnell, GOP serve lenders, crush students with debt
The Inflation: Causes, Effects, & Outlook [March 2022]
March 10, 2022 00:30 - 1 hour - 150 MBIn this lecture, Prof. Wolff will discuss the following: Impact of Ukraine events What the FED can and cannot do about it Solutions for inflation, past and present
Political Economy of Covid: Year #3 [January 2022]
January 13, 2022 00:30 - 1 hour - 157 MBIn this lecture, Prof. Wolff will discuss the following: US Capitalism’s Public Health Disaster: Where Blame Belongs Trying to Shift Blame to Mandates: Desperate Libertarianism Covid, Inflation,“Broken Supply Chains” = Systemic Crisis
China - US’s First Real Competitor in a Century [November 2021]
November 11, 2021 00:30 - 58 minutes - 134 MBIn this lecture, Prof. Wolff will discuss the following: Major Chinese Economic Achievements and Problems China-US Interdependence, Competition, and Cold War Is China Socialist? What does “Chinese Socialism” Mean?
US Capitalism’s Decline Accelerates [September 2021]
September 08, 2021 23:30 - 53 minutes - 123 MBIn this lecture, Prof. Wolff will discuss the following: Medical (Covid) and military (Afghanistan) defeats deepen social divisions Exploding debt bubbles (gov’t, corporate, and personal) Threats of inflation China’s rise as a US competitor: its “surprise” strategy
The Challenge of China [July 2021]
July 14, 2021 23:30 - 55 minutes - 127 MBIn this month's lecture, Prof. Wolff will discuss the following: China’s Economic Growth since its Revolution (1949) China’s Economic “Model” and the Global Economy China, Capitalism, and Socialism China versus the US: Options versus Threats
Biden’s Economic Plans and Likely Results [May 2021]
May 12, 2021 23:30 - 1 hour - 145 MBIn this month's lecture, Prof. Wolff will discuss the following: Changes in Government Spending and Taxing Joe Biden and Franklin Roosevelt: Differences and Similarities Historic Decline of US Capitalism: Reality vs Denial
March 2020-March 2021: Covid and the Crash [March 2021]
March 11, 2021 00:30 - 1 hour - 204 MBIn connection with Prof. Wolff’s discussion of the main topic above, he will also give short updates on: who lost what; who gained what; where is the US economy headed now; and lastly, political fallout: revisiting the January 6 DC assault
US Capitalism’s Decline and Desperate Efforts to Save It [January 2021]
January 14, 2021 00:30 - 1 hour - 184 MBProfessor Wolff will also give short updates on: the US military intervention in elections; a major political breakthrough in Argentina led by women; the economics of advertising; Trump’s political crash and lastly, Biden’s Economic “Team.”
Post-Election Special [November 2020]
November 19, 2020 00:30 - 1 hour - 217 MBThis is a special post-election Global Capitalism featuring comments from guests Lee Camp, Lee Carter, Laura Flanders, Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Nomi Prins, and Yanis Varoufakis.
Capitalism’s Decline Accelerates [September 2020]
September 09, 2020 23:30 - 1 hour - 179 MBProf. Wolff presents the following topics: the failures mount: failed preparation for COVID-19; failed containment of COVID-19; failed preparation for 2020 capitalist crash; failed containment of crash’s social effects; failed scapegoating. The social problems explode: systemic racism; State and local budget collapse; unaffordable housing and eviction.
As US Capitalism Shakes, US Socialism Renews [July 2020]
July 09, 2020 10:37 - 1 hour - 162 MBTopics: mass unemployment undercuts US capitalism; Trump vs Biden: neither are solutions, the choice is a symptom of system decline; what old socialist responses to today’s crisis would be; what new socialist solutions to today’s crisis could be. Wolff also covers: why US capitalism has needed racism, and and how it has used it; why US current protests against racism and police violence are so strong.
Wolff Responds: Protests and Class War
June 02, 2020 20:28 - 10 minutes - 24 MBProf. Wolff talks about the protests sweeping across the US incited by yet another brutal killing of a Black American, George Floyd. He argues that the capitalist system, with its endless drive for profits over people, is the true culprit and failing Americans. The levels of inequality, massive unemployments, and injustices are symptomatic of a system that is in deep trouble. Divide and conquer, or class war is the tactic capitalists are using to distract Americans from uniting against the c...
Corona and Capitalism: Overlapping Sicknesses [May 2020]
May 14, 2020 18:10 - 1 hour - 156 MBTopics: why capitalist enterprises & governments failed to prepare for Corona; private unemployment vs gov’t re-employment; pandemic policies worsen inequality, instability of capitalism; how to do better than capitalism during Corona. In connection with Wolff’s discussion of the main topic above, he covers the following issues: Bubonic plague/feudalism dies; Corona virus/capitalism dies; the pandemic and worker cooperative enterprises.
Changing Strained Alliances of World Capitalism [March 2020]
March 12, 2020 13:17 - 1 hour - 174 MBIn connection with Wolff’s discussion of the main topic above, he will also cover the following issues: US in decline turns nationalist, drops old allies, targets China Europe in decline turns toward China, away from US UK and Japan: isolated, in greater decline Other nations desperate to survive amid changing alliances Bloomberg: another billion dollar disaster uses the system Why some mega-corporations are OK with Green New Deal movement
The Three Key Economic Issues of 2020
January 09, 2020 13:47 - 1 hour - 187 MBIn connection with Wolff’s discussion of the main topic above, he will also cover the following issues at the January 08, 2020, event: How, why US economy is not in “great” shape How, why US capitalism now struggles between tariffs, trade wars (protectionism) and free trade (globalization) Tensions, conflicts with China Class War in France: Macron vs united unions and yellow vests Class War in the UK: Labor Party defeat, Brexit, and what comes next
The Three Key Economic Issues of 2020 [Jan 2020]
January 09, 2020 13:47 - 1 hour - 187 MBIn connection with Wolff’s discussion of the main topic above, he will also cover the following issues at the January 08, 2020, event: How, why US economy is not in “great” shape How, why US capitalism now struggles between tariffs, trade wars (protectionism) and free trade (globalization) Tensions, conflicts with China Class War in France: Macron vs united unions and yellow vests Class War in the UK: Labor Party defeat, Brexit, and what comes next
The Economics of Taxing Wealth [November 2019]
November 14, 2019 21:41 - 1 hour - 175 MBIn connection with Wolff’s discussion of the main topic above, he will also cover the following issues at the November 13, 2019, event: - Current wealth tax proposals by Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren - How US already taxes wealth (of some, not others} - How other countries tax wealth - How US enables/allows wealth to escape taxes - Redistributing wealth: pros and cons- The protest movements in Chile, Lebanon and beyond and how they differ from those in Hong Kong - The overdue critiq...
US-China Trade Wars: Causes, Prospects, Risks [Sept 2019]
September 12, 2019 15:42 - 1 hour - 229 MBIn connection with Wolff’s discussion of the main topic above, he will also cover the following issues at the July 10th, 2019, event: Gainers and Losers Trade Wars and Military Wars A New US Isolationism? Trade War, Recession, and the 2020 Election
Global Capitalism: Economic Issues of the Upcoming US Elections [July 2019]
July 12, 2019 12:32 - 1 hour - 229 MBIn connection with Wolff’s discussion of the main topic above, he will also cover the following issues at the July 10th, 2019, event: - US-China Trade War and Tariffs - Immigration, Census Questionnaire, Anti-foreigner propaganda - Student Debt Relief - Federal Reserve and Lowering Interest Rates
Global Capitalism: Rise of Socialism in the US Today [May 2019]
May 09, 2019 14:01 - 1 hour - 209 MBIn connection with Wolff’s discussion of the main topic, he will also cover the following issues at the May 8, 2019, event: 1. Libertarianism and socialism 2. Anti-capitalism and socialism 3. Democratic socialism: its multiple meanings
Global Capitalism: US and China: 1 Global Economy, 2 Giants - Tariffs, Competition, Deals: What’s Coming
March 14, 2019 19:52 - 1 hour - 214 MBThese programs begin with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month, then Prof. Wolff analyzes several major economic issues. For March 2019, these issues will include: 1. The record US gov’t budget deficit in 2018: causes and effects 2. The record US trade deficit in 2018: causes and effects 3. Unions reviving? Strikes, organizing and the looming strategic decision they face about socialism in the US
Global Capitalism: Huge Risks for Economy and Politics - What We Can Expect
January 10, 2019 15:58 - 1 hour - 218 MBIn connection with Wolff’s discussion of the main topic, he will also cover the following issues at the January 9, 2019, event: 1. Historic “yellow vests” movement in France and beyond 2. GOP and Dems face threats, splits, and opportunities 3. Record global debt levels and crises capitalism
Global Capitalism: The Economic Consequences of the Election - What Can We Expect? [November 2018]
November 15, 2018 19:14 - 1 hour - 228 MBIn connection with the main topic above, Prof. Wolff discusses: 1. Is another crash coming? 2. The economic and political lessons from young US socialists winning elections 3. The main, different meanings of “socialism” these days.
Global Capitalism: Economic Nationalism [September 2018]
September 27, 2018 15:58 - 1 hour - 211 MBEconomic Nationalism: How Capitalism Tries to Cope With Extreme Inequality As global capitalism changes, each country tries to grab gains from and shift losses onto others: nationalist hostility becomes the new “spirit of the age” (Brexit, Trump, demonization of immigrants and foreigners, etc.). In connection with Wolff’s discussion of the main topic above, he will also cover the following issues at the September 2018, event: Emerging market crises (Venezuela, Turkey, Argentina, Indonesia,...
Global Capitalism: Immigration and Trade War: The Economics of Desperation [July 2018]
July 12, 2018 14:57 - 1 hour - 202 MBThese programs begin with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month, then Wolff analyzes several major economic issues. For July 2018, these issues will include: : The anti-union Janus decision of the Supreme Court The Obrador election victory of the left in Mexico
Global Capitalism: Linking Trump and Marx’s Critique of Capitalism [May 2018]
May 12, 2018 02:35 - 1 hour - 201 MBThese programs begin with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month, then Wolff analyzes several major economic issues. For May 2018, these issues will include: : 1. Power and potential of public school teachers’ strikes 2. The 200th anniversary of Marx’s birth and Marxian economics today 3. Comparing the conditions of the US and Chinese working classes today
Global Capitalism: Cut Taxes, Deport Immigrants, Impose Tariffs [March 2018]
March 15, 2018 16:17 - 1 hour - 176 MBCo-sponsored by Democracy at Work and Judson Memorial Church These programs begin with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month, then Wolff analyzes several major economic issues. For March 2018, these issues will include: West Virginia public school teachers strike victory Why 700 Quebec doctors reject salary increases Economics of the US gun industry
Global Capitalism: The GOP/Trump Plan for 2018 [January 2018]
January 19, 2018 18:46 - 1 hour - 119 MBCo-sponsored by Democracy at Work and Judson Memorial Church These programs begin with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month, then Wolff analyzes several major economic issues. For January 2018, these issues will include: Reviving the “privatization” myth (that private works better) Reviving the “deficit problem” myth (their tax cut caused that deficit) Pushing the bottom 2/3 of Americans into long-term economic decline. Learn more: http://www.de...