Prof. Richard Wolff: Global Capitalism: August 2015 Monthly Update

Published on Aug 13, 2015


Capitalism, the Vanishing Middle and the Poor

Judson Memorial Church
Assembly Hall
239 Thompson Street at Washington Square, Manhattan

Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work, Left Forum, 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 this Aug. 12, these will include:

1. Puerto Rico joins Detroit, Greece, etc. on capitalism’s list of victims
2. Why workers’ coops are key to the new “socialism for the 21st century”
3. Today’s assaults on workers’ pensions: analysis and real opposition
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Bio: Richard D. Wolff is a Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor of the Graduate Program in International Affairs at the New School University in New York. He is the author of many books, including Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism, and Imagine: Living in a Socialist USA.
Wolff hosts the weekly hour-long radio program Economic Update on WBAI, 99.5 FM, New York City (Pacifica Radio). More: http://rdwolff.com/content/about

http://www.rdwolff.com

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Professor Wolff's Podcast: http://www.truth-out.org/economic-upd...

Note: Used by permission of Prof. R.D. Wolff.