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."

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  • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    also on authority was talking about organisation of factories. If you wanted to get Engels's ideas about gender you should probably read origin of the family

    The man was a founding figure in what went on to be a whole school of feminism and all JK can do with him is quote him talking about factory organisation

    whilst I am engels posting I also don't think on authority is a counter argument against any school of anarchism that acknowleges that some hierarchies at work are justified by necessity. An elected boss who can tell you when and how to do things to coordinate processes is I would argue not incompatible with the anarchist vision

    • The_Dawn [fae/faer, des/pair]
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      2 years ago

      I gotta level with you I feel like its an awful unspecific writing that only reads as an "own" if you already agree w the anti-anarchist sentiment of Engels. It's like 3 paragraphs long anyone who acts likenits genuinely refuting anarchist theory is being silly. Its non-specificity is also why it can be wielded as such. Im also like one of two anarchists who still visits this site tho so