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About Richard D. Wolff

Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at UMass Amherst and a visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York. Richard Wolff is also a co-founder and active contributor of his non-profit: Democracy at Work.
  • Clash of the titans The US-China conflict has adversely affected global investments and supply chains

    The fatal contradictions of China-bashing

    Originally published: Asia Times Online on July 8, 2023 (more by Asia Times Online)  |

    The fight inside the U.S. pits much of the business community against Biden and his ‘neoconservative’ foreign-policy advisers.

  • Strong and Stable Equals Wrong and Unstable. On Thursday 12 July 2018, US president Donald Trump, the most dangerous man in the world, was welcomed to the United Kingdom by the British prime minister Theresa May. The following day the streets of London witnessed the biggest protest for over a decade as thousands marched on Trafalgar Square to express their anger at the British government extending a red carpet welcome for Trump. (Flickr: Alisdare Hickson)

    Why government mostly helps people who need it the least—even during a crisis

    Richard D. Wolff

    The system is the problem.

  • Raul Godoy from the recuperated Zanon Ceramic factory in Argentina visits VIO.ME in Greece

    Marx and the democratization of work

    Originally published: ROAR magazine on March 21, 2019 (more by ROAR magazine)  |

    The solution for capitalism’s problems requires transforming the capitalist workplace into democratic institutions where everyone has an equal say on what happens there.

  • Richard Wolff takes on Jordan B. Peterson

    Richard Wolff takes on Jordan B. Peterson

    Originally published: Invidious on October 17, 2018 (more by Invidious)  |

    Prof. Wolff responds to Jordan Peterson’s assertions about Marxism.

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    Over 10,000 people died in transit to Spain in 2024 alone.[1] On June 2022, the border fence of Melilla, one of two Spanish enclaves in Morocco, was witness to a massacre that killed or disappeared over a hundred African migrants.[2]  A recent BBC investigation revealed that Greek border guards systematically repeal immigrants already on Greek […]

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