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Richard D. Wolff

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Richard D. Wolff

Richard D. Wolff is professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a visiting professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, in New York.

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Wolff’s weekly show, “Economic Update,” is syndicated by more than 100 radio stations and goes to 55 million TV receivers via Free Speech TV. His three recent books with Democracy at Work are The Sickness Is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us From Pandemics or Itself, Understanding Marxism, and Understanding Socialism.

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Wolff, Richard D. The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself. Democracy at Work, 2020.

Wolff, Richard D. Understanding Socialism. Democracy at Work, 2019.

Wolff, Richard D. Understanding Marxism. Democracy at Work, 2018.

This bi-monthly YouTube lecture series is hosted by Prof. Richard D. Wolff. These programs begin with short updates on important economic events of the last month, then Wolff examines a larger topic. This series was designed to develop all participants’ understanding and ability to explain current economic events and trends to others.

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