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 

US Capitalism’s Decline Accelerates [September 2021]

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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 and Left Forum Thank you for being an integral part of our community. Your engagement and support fuel our mission to foster critical discussions and insights. Together, we're building a more informed, equitable, and united world. Stay connected, and let's continue this journey towards understanding and change. Special messages to our audience:  Please help sponsor Global Capitalism by becoming a monthly donor to Democracy at Work. Go to our website to learn more (www.democracyatwork.info/donate). Follow Democracy at Work on X (Twitter) and YouTube.   Our four Democracy at Work books, three by Richard Wolff (Understanding Marxism, Understanding Socialism, and The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Cannot Save Us from Pandemics or Itself) are for sale on Lulu.com.   Find direct purchase links on our website ( www.democracyatwork.info/books ), or find them directly on Lulu ( www.lulu.com/spotlight/democracyatwork )   Your support helps to produce and distribute these talks. Thank you.   Co-Sponsored by The Left Forum Please help sponsor Global Capitalism by becoming a monthly donor to Democracy at Work. Go to our website to learn more www.democracyatwork.info/donate Follow us on X (formally known as Twitter) at: @ProfRDWolff @DemocracyAtWrk  

Europe 2024: Disunity, Decline, Despair

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 and Capitalism’s Decline   Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work and Left Forum   Special messages to our audience:  Please help sponsor Global Capitalism by becoming a monthly donor to Democracy at Work. Go to our website to learn more (www.democracyatwork.info/donate).  Follow Democracy at Work on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.   Our four Democracy at Work books, three by Richard Wolff (Understanding Marxism, Understanding Socialism, and The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Cannot Save Us from Pandemics or Itself) are for sale on Lulu.com.   Find direct purchase links on our website ( www.democracyatwork.info/books ), or find them directly on Lulu ( www.lulu.com/spotlight/democracyatwork )   Your support helps to produce and distribute these talks. Thank you.   Co-Sponsored by The Left Forum Please help sponsor Global Capitalism by becoming a monthly donor to Democracy at Work. Go to our website to learn more www.democracyatwork.info/donate Follow us on X (formally known as Twitter) at: @ProfRDWolff @DemocracyAtWrk

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   Presentation Topic: A Resurgent U.S. Labor Movement Updates will include analyses of:   -  Starbucks, Doctors, Autoworkers, etc. -  Why Labor Resurgence Now? -  Labor’s Goals and Tactics -  Alliances with Political Parties -  Between Capitalism and Socialism   Co-Sponsored by The Left Forum  Please help sponsor Global Capitalism by becoming a monthly donor to Democracy at Work. Go to our website to learn more www.democracyatwork.info/donate Follow us on X (formally known as Twitter) at: @ProfRDWolff @DemocracyAtWrk

A Resurging US Labor Movement [September 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 Special messages to our audience:  Please help sponsor Global Capitalism by becoming a monthly donor to Democracy at Work. Go to our website to learn more (www.democracyatwork.info/donate).    Follow Democracy at Work on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Our four Democracy at Workbooks, three written by Richard Wolff (Understanding Marxism, Understanding Socialism and The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Cannot Save Us from Pandemics or Itself) and our latest by Robert Hennelly (Stuck Nation: Can the United States change course on our history of choosing profits over people?) are for sale. Find direct purchase links on our website ( www.democracyatwork.info/books ), or find them directly on Lulu ( www.lulu.com/spotlight/democracyatwork  ).       Your support helps to produce and distribute these talks. Thank you.  

Capitalism Turns to the Authoritarian State [July 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

US Capitalism’s Decline Accelerates [September 2021]

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