The Economic Downturn Is Here with Professor Richard Wolff

Interview recorded - 9th of July, 2024 On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Professor Richard Wolff. Richard is a well-known critic of an alternative contemporary economic system, host of the Economic Update and Founding Director of Democracy at work. During our conversation we spoke about his thoughts on the economy, why the US may not be the strongest economy, causes of economic inequality, direction of travel and more. 0:00 - Introduction 1:30 - Richard’s outlook on the economy? 4:34 - United States strongest economy? 9:56 - Side-effect of one world power? 12:41 - Challenge with bureaucracy 17:02- Causes of inequality? 24:27 - Globalisation of wealth 27:22 - What is the direction of travel?? 32:52 - One message to takeaway from our conversation? Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, New York City. Earlier he taught economics at Yale University (1967-1969) and at the City College of the City University of New York (1969-1973). In 1994, he was a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Paris (France), I (Sorbonne). Wolff was also regular lecturer at the Brecht Forum in New York City. Prof Wolff is the co-founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Economic Update. Professor Richard Wolff: Democracy at work: https://www.democracyatwork.info/ Website: https://www.rdwolff.com/ X: https://x.com/profwolff YouTube:  @RichardDWolff   WTFinance - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfn iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4 Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas