Global 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.

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.). In connection with Wolff's discussion of the main topic above, he will also cover the following issues at the September 2018, event: Emerging market crises (Venezuela, Turkey, Argentina, Indonesia, etc.) Modern Monetary Theory, how banks create money, and the meaning of today's record levels of government, corporate and personal debts.

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: :

1. The anti-union Janus decision of the Supreme Court
2. The Obrador election victory of the left in Mexico

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 and Marxian economics today 3. Comparing the conditions of the US and Chinese working classes today

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:

1. West Virginia public school teachers strike victory
2. Why 700 Quebec doctors reject salary increases
3. Economics of the US gun industry