The partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government is entering its fifth day after a political impasse over President Donald Trump’s contentious demand for border wall funding. Funding for about a ...

Richard Wolff, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts, said the U.S. economy is “a disaster” during an interview Wednesday on Hill.TV’s “Rising.” “It’s awful I mean there’s no nice ...

is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, NYC. He taught ...

Economist Richard Wolff told Hill.TV’s “Rising” Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic could lead to a housing crash worse than the Great Depression. “Really, you can’t equate it to anything,” Wolff ...

We speak with Marxist economist Richard Wolff about how experts forecast another economic recession in the United States, with inflation at a historic high and a federal minimum wage that hasn’t ...

This story originally appeared in Professor Richard Wolff’s Substack on May 21, 2026. It is shared here with permission. By the end of World War 2 in Europe, that continent’s extremely violent ...

President Donald Trump’s decision to launch his unpopular war against Iran earlier this year has already sparked a global ...

Recently, through an e-mail exchange I was able to ask Richard Wolff a few questions about economics and alternatives to capitalism. Dr. Wolff is a Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of ...

The Federal Reserve has responded to runaway inflation by hiking up interest rates at the same time that Americans are drowning in historic levels of personal debt. With interest rates up, prices will ...

Understanding Socialism from a KPFA event on February 28, 2020, Economist Richard Wolff tackles the taboos and unveils the often hidden histories of socialism, but most importantly it offers a way ...