Richard wolff economic update 2018

Economic Update: Criticizing Capitalism. Prof. Richard D. Wolff interviews David Harvey.
Democracy at Work
July 4, 2018

In this episode of Economic Update, Prof. Richard D. Wolff delivers updates on Colorado’s laws favoring co-ops, capitalism and suicide continues, rent control on the California ballot, the effects of U.S. foreign trade controls, the French gov’t VS GE and Ford buys an old train station it helped destroy.

In the second half of the show, Prof. Wolff interviews Professor David Harvey on Karl Marx’s contribution to understanding capitalism today.

David Harvey teaches at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.   He has written extensively on the significance of Marx’s Capital for understanding contemporary capitalism. His most recent book is Marx, Capital and the Madness of Economic Reason.  Follow Prof. Harvey on Twitter @profdavidharvey

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