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 above, he covers the following issues: Bubonic plague/feudalism dies; Corona virus/capitalism dies; the pandemic and worker cooperative enterprises.

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 amid changing alliances
• Bloomberg: another billion dollar disaster uses the system
• Why some mega-corporations are OK with Green New Deal movement

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) 
• 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

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 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 critique of “libertarian” capitalism

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

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

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

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 deficit in 2018: causes and effects 3. Unions reviving? Strikes, organizing and the looming strategic decision they face about socialism in the US

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

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.