{"id":13799,"date":"2025-12-08T14:56:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=13799"},"modified":"2025-12-08T14:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:56:30","slug":"alles-teuer-wird-prof-wolff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/alles-teuer-wird-prof-wolff\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Capitalism: Affordability: Why So Much Costs Too Much and What to do About it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p><em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/crowdfunding-2026-actvism\/\">We are currently in our annual crowdfunding campaign. 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In this presentation of Global Capitalism, Professor Wolff discusses the factors at play in determining our cost of living, and ways we can and should get involved in affecting them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>This video was produced by Democracy At Work and published on their YouTube channel on the 19th of November, 2025. 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