Democracy at Work, Richard D. Wolff
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Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a weekly nationally syndicated program produced by Democracy at Work and hosted by Richard D. Wolff. The program explores complex economic issues and empowers listeners with information to analyze not only their own financial situation but the economy at large. Beyond focusing a critical eye on the economic dimensions of everyday life - wages, jobs, taxes, debts, interest rates, prices, and profits - the program also explores systemic solutions to our economy's problems including alternative ways to organize production and distribution of the goods and services we all depend on.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Richard D. Wolff connects policy, labor conflict, and political power through a consistently critical account of capitalism's institutions and consequences.
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff treats headlines as parts of a larger argument about power, ownership, and who bears economic costs. Wolff alternates between structured solo presentations and interviews, moving from Trump's tariffs and tax choices to union negotiations at…
Trump's tariffs, then Met Opera musicians' negotiations: Richard Wolff has room for your bigger economic questions.
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A labor story that widens from the Met stage to the structure of power.
This episode opens with U.S.-Iran military conflict and a Democratic primary upset, then shifts into a conversation with New York Metropolitan Opera musicians about what labor power looks like inside a major cultural institution.
A clear labor-history argument that connects class decline to a political warning.
Richard Wolff uses this episode to test whether fascism is the right lens for the United States now, and he grounds the argument in labor history rather than slogans.
A serious, slow-moving conversation about how the Middle East crisis could pull the United States deeper into war.
Richard Wolff gives Chris Hedges space to walk through the Middle East conflict and why the crisis around Iran, Israel, and U.S. power may widen further.
A blunt structural read on Trump, taxes, power, and American decline.
Economic Update reads as a blunt attempt to make sense of Trump-era whiplash by treating it as more than random noise. Richard Wolff links the mess to corporate power, taxes, and a government that leans on money from the rich, then pulls the larger frame back toward American…
A sharp look at advertising and Trump support, with Wolff tying power to the everyday way people are persuaded.
The episode gets sharper once Richard Wolff turns from the opening policy material to advertising. He treats persuasion as something that can dress up the good, bury the bad, and make ordinary communication feel a little less honest than it should.
Stephen Dubner tests bourbon economics, Alzheimer's research, and money advice against hard data.
Daily business news with Kai Ryssdal, tracking Fed policy, oil shocks, and private credit.
Galloway rotates Office Hours Q&A, Raging Moderates politics, and China Decode geopolitics weekly.
Joel and Matt answer listener money questions weekly in the show's Ask HTM segments.
Brené Brown's long-form conversations linking grief, caregiving, politics, and nonviolence to her vulnerability research.
Richard Wolff introduces the program and promotes an online course on Marxian class analysis.
Host Richard Wolff introduces the show and announces the availability of a Marxian class analysis course, encouraging listeners to subscribe and share.
Richard Wolff introduces the program and promotes an online course on Marxian class analysis.
Economic power is the thread.
Richard Wolff analyzes parallels between the rise of fascism in Nazi Germany and contemporary US political-economic conditions.
Richard Wolff interviews Chris Hedges on the escalating Israel-Iran conflict and its implications for Gaza.
Richard Wolff analyzes Trump's economic plan, arguing it stems from desperation over the declining U.S.
Richard Wolff critiques Senator Joni Ernst's support for Medicaid cuts and discusses a Connecticut healthcare worker strike, then interviews Professor Arlie Hochschild on why MAGA supporters remain loyal to Trump despite policies that harm them, exploring rural decline and political polarization.
Richard Wolff introduces topics including the US-China trade war, government worker layoffs, McDonald's decline, and US-Europe economic relations.
Richard Wolff discusses listener feedback, promotes his book, and previews topics including Trump's attack on the Education Department, a major strike in Los Angeles, and the US-China trade war.
Richard Wolff introduces the program, discusses libertarianism, and previews an interview with an economics professor.
Richard Wolff discusses his new book 'Understanding Capitalism' and previews topics including Uber/Lyft drivers and climate change.
Richard Wolff discusses the global Chinese economy, electric vehicles, remote work class struggle, and a military anti-vaccine campaign.
Richard Wolff discusses tariffs on Chinese EVs, a teachers' strike in Virginia, and labor struggles at UC campuses, with an interview on fracking and climate justice.
Richard Wolff interviews Cornel West on the eve of his presidential announcement, discussing economic and political issues.