Written by John Lounsbury
Econintersect: Richard Wolff gives a speech at Occidental collage to explain how socialism over the years is becoming more mainstream in America. This video was from February 2015, is still relevant. Did Prof. Wolff predict the rise of Senator Sanders?
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Here is the start of Prof. Wolff’s bio at Wikipedia:
Richard David Wolff (born April 1, 1942) is an American Marxian economist, well known for his work on Marxian economics, economic methodology, and class analysis. He is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York. Wolff has also taught economics at Yale University, City University of New York, University of Utah, University of Paris I (Sorbonne), and The Brecht Forum in New York City.
Last week we had a video: Why Socialism Fails which is a good companion to this presentation.
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