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Global Capitalism
by Democracy at Work
Global 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.
Episodes
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Trump's Revival of Colonialism: More than Just Talk
In this every-other-month presentation, Professor Wolff explains how "old" colonialism ended with World Wars I and II, and how the U.S. inherited and reorganized the profits from that version of colonialism after and since 1945. He also discusses the rise of the Global South, China, and BRICS as...
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Why War Between Europe and Russia is Now a Reality
In this every-other-month presentation, Professor Wolff explains how the events unfolding between Europe and Russia look increasingly like soft warfare. He presents several key points as evidence for this reality, including the role of the war in Ukraine, class conflict in both Europe and Russia,...
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Capitalist Decline in Historical Perspective
In this every-other-month presentation, Professor Wolff presents insights and analysis on the decline of the capitalist system as evident in four key periods of U.S. history. From The Legacy of World War 2 from 1945-1974, to the petrodollar boom from 1974 to 2026, the rise of the global south…
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An Economic Analysis of the War On Iran
In this every-other-month presentation, Professor Wolff presents insights and analysis on six key topics leading up to, and lasting beyond, the current war on Iran; including: the history of U.S. military involvement in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the economic trends throughout U.S....
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Capitalism's Third World War
In this presentation, Professor Wolff discusses how the first two world wars brought an end to the British, German, and Japanese empires, and how a third would likely bring down the American empire. Specific topics include: 1. The U.S. empire's decline provokes desperate economic policy 2. The…
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Why So Much Costs Too Much and What to do About it
In our capitalist economy, employers pay wages and set prices that together determine whether a decent life is affordable. Employers' goal is to maximize their profit. But employees – the vast majority of us – have different goals. One of them is basic affordability. In this presentation of…
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On This May Day
We are thrilled to share the replay of Democracy at Work and The Left Forum's special live, in-person Global Capitalism event, held last Wednesday at Women Building Up (WBU). Professor Wolff gave a special "May Day" Global Capitalism Lecture on the impact of President Trump's economic policies…
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The Old Cold War Fades, A New One Expands
Professor Wolff will present four key points that reveal the emergence of a new Cold War the U.S. has embarked upon in response to the rise of global alliances from which it is being excluded and that challenge the near century-old American economic dominance. I. The Old Cold War Targeted…
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What Trump 2.0 Means
We are thrilled to share the replay of Democracy at Work and The Left Forum's special live, in-person Global Capitalism event, held this past Saturday at Women Building Up (WBU). Professor Wolff gave his thoughts and analysis on what the new Trump Presidency means and how we may react. Special...
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The U.S. Election and Trump 2.0 in Historical Perspective [November 2024]
The U.S. Election and Trump 2.0 in Historical Perspective Topics Include: The overdetermination of the vote The new government Persistent problems of a declining empire Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work and Left Forum Special messages to our audience: Please help sponsor Global Capitalism by...
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West in Turmoil 2024: Big Elections, Big Social Changes
West in Turmoil 2024: Big Elections, Big Social Changes Topics Include: Harris vs Trump: civil and class struggles converge Western Europe: UK elections = collapse of conservative votes, French elections = death of political center Germany elections = rise of fascist Right and of "Bundnis Sahra...
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The Decline of the US Empire [July 2024]
The 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...
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A Marxist Critique of Capitalism for 2024 [May 2024]
A 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…
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A May Day 2024 Special [May 1st, 2024]
Today 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...
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Europe 2024: Disunity, Decline, Despair (Jan/Feb 2024)
February'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...
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Socialism in Today's World: The 4 Kinds
Democracy 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…
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A Resurging US Labor Movement [September 2023]
Democracy 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...
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Capitalism Turns to the Authoritarian State [July 2023]
Capitalism 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...
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Challenging Capitalism [March 2023]
In 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
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The Second War in Ukraine [January 2023]
In 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
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After the Elections: Now What? [November 2022]
In this lecture, Prof. Wolff will discuss the following: US mid-term elections US Capitalism: Crises at home US capitalism: Crises abroad
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China vs. US - System Rising vs. Falling [September 2022]
In 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
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War, Sanctions, Deepening Splits: Economic, Political, and Cultural [July 2022]
In 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
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Marxism: From Critique of Capitalism to Alternative System [May 2022]
In 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
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The Inflation: Causes, Effects, & Outlook [March 2022]
In 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
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Political Economy of Covid: Year #3 [January 2022]
In 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
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China - US's First Real Competitor in a Century [November 2021]
In 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?
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US Capitalism's Decline Accelerates [September 2021]
In 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
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The Challenge of China [July 2021]
In 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
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Biden's Economic Plans and Likely Results [May 2021]
In 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
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March 2020-March 2021: Covid and the Crash [March 2021]
In 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
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US Capitalism's Decline and Desperate Efforts to Save It [January 2021]
Professor 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."
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Post-Election Special [November 2020]
This 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.
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Capitalism's Decline Accelerates [September 2020]
Prof. 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...
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As US Capitalism Shakes, US Socialism Renews [July 2020]
Topics: 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...
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Wolff Responds: Protests and Class War
Prof. 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...
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Corona and Capitalism: Overlapping Sicknesses [May 2020]
Topics: 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…
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Changing Strained Alliances of World Capitalism [March 2020]
In 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...
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The Three Key Economic Issues of 2020 [Jan 2020]
In 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)...
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The Economics of Taxing Wealth [November 2019]
In 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...
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US-China Trade Wars: Causes, Prospects, Risks [Sept 2019]
In 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
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Global Capitalism: Economic Issues of the Upcoming US Elections [July 2019]
In 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
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Global Capitalism: Rise of Socialism in the US Today [May 2019]
In 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
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Global Capitalism: US and China: 1 Global Economy, 2 Giants - Tariffs, Competition, Deals: What's Coming
These 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…
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Global Capitalism: Huge Risks for Economy and Politics - What We Can Expect
In 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
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Global Capitalism: The Economic Consequences of the Election - What Can We Expect? [November 2018]
In 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.
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Global Capitalism: Economic Nationalism [September 2018]
Economic 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.).…
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Global Capitalism: Immigration and Trade War: The Economics of Desperation [July 2018]
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 July 2018, these issues will include: : The anti-union Janus decision of the Supreme Court The Obrador election victory of the left in Mexico
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Global Capitalism: Linking Trump and Marx's Critique of Capitalism [May 2018]
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 May 2018, these issues will include: : 1. Power and potential of public school teachers' strikes 2. The 200th anniversary of Marx's birth…
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Global Capitalism: Cut Taxes, Deport Immigrants, Impose Tariffs [March 2018]
Co-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...
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Global 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.
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