Richard D. Wolff, born on this day in 1942, is a Marxist economist and author known for co-founding Democracy at Work and hosting Economic Update, a weekly series which discusses political and economic issues from a Marxist perspective.
Wolff is also Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York.
In 1988, Wolff co-founded "Rethinking Marxism", a still running academic journal dedicated to Marxist analyses of economics, culture, and society. Among his other works are "Capitalism Hits the Fan" (2009) and "Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism".
Wolff hosts the weekly 30-minute-long program, Economic Update, which is produced by the non-profit Democracy at Work, which he co-founded.
The New York Times dubbed Wolff "America's most prominent Marxist economist", and he is featured regularly in television, print, and internet media.
"If you lived with a roommate as unstable as this economic system, you would've moved out or demanded that your roommate get professional help."
- Richard Wolff
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I remember how I started my "leftist journey" — I was lifting while listening to him explain the LTV in a lecture. Went "huh, that kinda makes sense. Maybe I should check out this Karl Marx fella"
My "leftism" is in part a counter reaction to the rise of facism and the far right. Do I really want moderate centrists to "deal" with fascists? OFC not. I want the original Antifa Supersoldiers that stopped it once before. None of that civility bullshit. I want these knuckle-draggers buried alive.
That's so much cooler than my on ramp of a youtube "ranter" explaining anarchism while angrily yelling into a cheap webcam.