We are currently in our annual crowdfunding campaign. If you want our independent and non-profit media network to continue in 2025, please participate in this campaign by clicking here. In our capitalist economy, employers pay wages and set prices that together determine whether a decent life is affordable. Employers’ goal is to maximize their profit. But employees […]
This episode was recorded in June this year and Professor Wolff explains what deficits are and why the capitalist system enables and invites employers to cause them. He then proceeds to explain how deficits both solve specific problems of capitalism while also causing others. Over time, problems accumulate to undermine the credit of the US […]
Last week, after months of tough talk from Donald Trump, the Trump administration and the European Commission announced a new ‘trade deal’ between the United States and the European Union. Within days, however, conflicting accounts emerged about the key terms of the deal. The Trump administration claims, for example, that the EU will invest $600 […]
Yanis Varoufakis on the Changing World Economy.
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