Richard D. Wolff about Global Capitalism and European’s Austerity Fight

Written on February 4th, 2015 in politics Comments Off

Uploaded on YouTube by RichardDWolff:

  • Global Capitalism, January 2015 Monthly Update, 99.18 min, Jan 15, 2015: … Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work, Left Forum, and Judson Memorial Church; Website: Professor Richard D. Wolff; /About; /Online Classes; /Non-English articles;
  • Global Capitalism – November 2011: part 1/3, 40.00 min; part 2/3, 40.00 min; part 3/3, 39.18 min.
  • Why Europeans Fight Austerity More Successfully than Americans – Professor Richard D Wolff, 6.26 min, December 11, 2011 … in Europe, as in the US, governments are seeking to shift the cost of the global economic crisis onto the mass of people by cutting public employment and public services. However, the levels of those services in Europe are far higher than in the US and their governments are cutting far less than in the US.What accounts for these differences are mass organizations. In Europe the anti-austerity movement is led by the labor unions and large sections of large socialist parties, significant communist parties, and various other anti-capitalist and green parties. These institutions have not suffered the declines that have afflicted their US counterparts over recent decades. Hence, they can and do fight back against and sharply reduce the size and pace of austerity inflicted upon Europeans;

Related Links:

Find on en.wikipedia:

  • Richard D. Wolff (born April 1, 1942) is an American heterodox economist, well known for his work on Marxian economics, economic methodology, and class analysis. He is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York. Wolff has also taught economics at Yale University, City University of New York, University of Utah, University of Paris I (Sorbonne), and The Brecht Forum in New York City. In 2010, Wolff published Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It, also released as a DVD. He released three new books in 2012: Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism, with David Barsamian (San Francisco: City Lights Books), Contending Economic Theories: Neoclassical, Keynesian, and Marxian, with Stephen Resnick (Cambridge, MA, and London: MIT University Press), and Democracy at Work (Chicago: Haymarket Books). Wolff hosts the weekly hour-long radio program Economic Update on WBAI, 99.5 FM, New York City (Pacifica Radio) and is featured regularly in television, print, and internet media. The New York Times Magazine has named him “America’s most prominent Marxist economist.”[6] Wolff lives in Manhattan with his wife and frequent collaborator, Dr. Harriet Fraad, a practicing psychotherapist …; /See also; /External Links; – Richard D. Wolff on YouTube-search; and on his YouTube channel;
  • Stephen Resnick (October 24, 1938 – January 2, 2013) was an American heterodox economist.[2] He is well known for his work (with Richard D. Wolff) on Marxian economics, economic methodology, and class analysis …; /See also; /External Links; - Stephen Resnick on YouTube-search;
  • History of the socialist movement in the United States; /See also; /External Links;
  • Category: History of socialism;

on YouTube – more related channels:

Other Links:

Comments are closed.