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Capitalism, Corporations, and Co-ops with Richard D. Wolff
On today’s show, host Allen Ruff talks about the state of the US in the world economy with economist Richard D. Wolff. They discuss the sweeping cuts in the federal workforce, how the US is isolating itself through Trump’s tariffs, the value of the dollar, Trump’s threat to Social Security, and the 2017 tax cuts to the wealthy that lead to the US government’s borrowing from corporations and the wealthy.
Featured image remix of photo of Richard D. Wolff from 2025 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).
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- 13 Mar 2025
On today’s show, host Allen Ruff talks about the state of the US in the world economy with economist Richard D. Wolff. They discuss the sweeping cuts in the federal workforce, how the US is isolating itself through Trump’s tariffs, the value of the dollar, Trump’s threat to Social Security, and the 2017 tax cuts to the wealthy that lead to the US government’s borrowing from corporations and the wealthy.
Featured image remix of photo of Richard D. Wolff from 2025 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).