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Richard D. Wolff

@profwolff

Host of #EconomicUpdate, Prof. of Economics Emeritus @UMassAmherst, visiting Prof. @TheNewSchool, founder @democracyatwrk. #WeCanDoBetterThanCapitalism

 New York, NY
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Joined October 2009
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Wolff Responds: "Lessons From France" Dated October 21, 2026
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Big Tech Mass Layoffs: Is The AI Bubble Bursting? w/ @profwolff and @BrianBeckerDC 🎧LISTEN: linktr.ee/TheSocialistProgra…
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Wolff Responds: "Crisis Capitalism" Dated October 28, 2026
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Democracy At Work@democracyatwrkOct 27
All-new #EconomicUpdate with @profwolff and @DrHarrietFraad Watch now here: youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Vh2jAG…
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Wolff Responds: "More Lessons From France" Dated October 26, 2026
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#WolffBites: Lula wins Brazil presidency against hostile opposition from billionaires Trump, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. finance.yahoo.com/media-adve…
Meta Unseats Musk as Tech Villain for Lula in Brazil’s Election

Meta Unseats Musk as Tech Villain for Lula in Brazil’s Election

A new villain is emerging in the closing stretch of Brazil’s bitterly contested presidential election: Meta Platforms Inc.

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#WolffBites: Slogan of students in France's streets: "Too young to be listened to, but old enough to suffer police violence." truthdig.com/articles/if-we-…
'If We Burn, You Burn With Us': France’s Youth Ignite a Massive Revolt

'If We Burn, You Burn With Us': France’s Youth Ignite a Massive Revolt

While media have fixated on the violence, French students achieved something rare on the weekend: Sectors that usually fight alone marched together.

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#WolffBites: When Norway taxed business wealth, very few rich businesses left Norway, business tax revenues rose by 70%, and no adverse effects. Conclusion: tax raises on business could serve US too. nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from Norway, 2021–2025

Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from Norway, 2021–2025

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@GeopoliticsDHOct 23
Join me LIVE TODAY 2pm eastern 11am pacific w/ economist Richard Wolff (@profwolff )! We talk massive economic fallout from threatening all-out war with Iran, lessons from Europe's unrest, and much more in the decline of US/Western empire. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=3ybuifnT…
Richard Wolff: Europe Collapsing, Iran UNRAVELS the US Empire – Trump in DENIAL

Richard Wolff: Europe Collapsing, Iran UNRAVELS the US Empire – Trump in DENIAL

Economic Richard Wolff discusses the collapsing European and Americ...

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#WolffBites: Macron, "boss" of France's political "center," (1) tries police/army repression of protests, (2) panders to the right by blaming immigrants, and (3) keeps neglecting schools (the protests' cause). Trump urges/applauds repression in France, of course. theguardian.com/world/2026/o…
Macron bans ‘illegitimate’ protests in France as he tries to get a grip on unrest

Macron bans ‘illegitimate’ protests in France as he tries to get a grip on unrest

French president also says he will decide on concrete ‘next steps’ for the next nationwide demonstrations

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IRAN NAVAL BASE HIT, RICHARD WOLFF FRANCE PROTESTS, BLACK WEALTH TANKS, PIERS MORGAN CANDIDATE, xitter.gq/i/broadcasts/1RJjpbwpl…
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IRAN NAVAL BASE HIT, RICHARD WOLFF FRANCE PROTESTS, BLACK WEALTH TANKS, PIERS MORGAN CANDIDATE,

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#WolffBites: Investors in French gov't bonds see rising risks of French leaders' refusal to honor their gov't debts. So they demand higher interest rates. Same is happening elsewhere in Europe and in US. Crisis spreads.
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France: From Protest to Rebellion w/ @profwolff and @BrianBeckerDC 🎧LISTEN: linktr.ee/TheSocialistProgra…
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#WolffBites: French President Macron focuses on violent police repression of teenagers. How France's elite responds to millions of teachers and students protesting inadequate funding of schools. Result: protests spread across Europe. cnn.com/world/video/french-p…
French police tactics under scrutiny after teenagers seriously injured during protests | CNN

French police tactics under scrutiny after teenagers seriously injured during protests | CNN

A 14-year-old boy left with a fractured jaw after police fired a tear gas canister at close range, striking him in the face. Another teenager who lost the use of an eye. As students across France...

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Democracy At Work@democracyatwrkOct 19
Check out our last #EconomicUpdate with Steve Mellon and @profwolff "From #Strike to #Worker Co-Op" here: youtube.com/watch?v=FPmow3pu…
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Wolff Responds: "When Bad Ideas become Policy" Dated 10/19/26
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Thank you to @RobinsonErhardt and @democracyatwrk for organizing this conversation
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Latest Episode of @RobinsonErhardt Featuring @profwolff @CornelWest & @normfinkelstein : America Is in DENIAL | On Mamdani, Tucker, & Trump democracyatwork.substack.com…
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Democracy At Work@democracyatwrkOct 19
Latest Episode of @RobinsonErhardt Featuring @profwolff @CornelWest & @normfinkelstein : America Is in DENIAL | On Mamdani, Tucker, & Trump democracyatwork.substack.com…
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@RobinsonErhardtOct 18
MAGA Is America’s DENIAL | Richard Wolff
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#WolffBites: French protests against cuts in public services spread to Portugal and Italy, as earlier to Belgium. Italy's gov't learns nothing, hits protesters with police, solving nothing, provoking more protests. theguardian.com/world/2026/o…
‘We are suffocating’: protests spread to Lisbon and Milan as housing and living cost tensions...

‘We are suffocating’: protests spread to Lisbon and Milan as housing and living cost tensions...

Hundreds at Lisbon tent camp demand action, as Giorgia Meloni says march in Italy was exploited by ‘hooligans’

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