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The Boy Who Cried Wolff (w/ Richard Wolff)

This week, Marxist economist Richard Wolff returns to the podcast to answer all of your inflation questions, to weigh in on Krystal Ball's face off with Bill Maher, and to tie domestic politics to the labor activism in the UK and recent leftist victories around the world.

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Anonymous

He’s a national treasure

Anonymous

O cool understanding of Marx Richard. I wondered when you started reading him? The Host here I’m pretty sure absolutely disrespected my intelligence by referring me to some of your books. And I’m like “lady Richards books are very dear to me you should ask if I’ve read Richard don’t dictate to me that’s what I should read hahahaha”. I’m not like your average callins. I think I’ve been reading Marx waaaayyyy Longer than you I just like how you frames it in the American context. You don’t advocate for socialism even just more like regulated capitalism which we’ve never had but Americans call you a socialist so it baffles me sometimes.

Anonymous

Glad to see that two Patreon channels I support are collaborating. Keep it going!

Louis Waweru

These are the exact same mannerisms millennial New Yorkers from the hood come at me with. Whatever happens in Europe is a charade. France and the like will always be the same-old colonial powers. They just roll together under the NATO banner now. Whatever the people think matters not when their bloc is still dominating with force, economic coercion or just bad faith policies. As long as they ignore their continued imperial power projections, they can get the third

Louis Waweru

On another podcast (Lex Friedman?) he mentioned that in all of his college years, including as a grad student, only one professor gave him some meaningful readings on Marx while all of the others were at best dismissive of Marx. I think he was pointing out the bizarre fact that every economist we deploy into the world is trained with a crazy, one-tracked mindedness.

Anonymous

Look at Taiwan and consider what China would look like today if Mao had lost. It's sad that anybody gives Wolff the time of day. If his ideas had merit, where are these employee-run businesses, and where are all the companies he has started. Price ceilings will cause scarcity, he knows this, and it has been proven repeatedly. Why has He never Put his money; where Is his mouth is? Even a High School graduate knows the difference between printing money, buying a bomb and having it explode in a foreign country, and printing money and dumping it into the US economy. Not saying I agree with buying the bomb; I'm saying there is a difference. Anytime Wolff or Brianha wants to debate a high school graduate who had a teenage mom but signed more paychecks than the two of them combined, let me know.

Anonymous

I don't know why people think I'm mad. Maybe I need to work on my writing ability. All I say is if Wolff's ideas are so revelationary, then where are they in practice. He brings up China and doesn't acknowledge that if they had not adopted capitalism, they would still be plowing fields. Maybe he could explain how China has billionaires while operating a communist economic economy? Now they are trying to bring them to their knees, so we will see how that works out. Time will tell. I like Brianha’s podcast and am glad to be a supporter, but Coleman was too easy on her. She should tell him not to hold back, and many people would learn something, including her.

Anonymous

@Rick Hart China never ever adopted Capitalism. Capitalism they use to conduct business in the world but they don’t run their country as Capitalist. And you signed more checks than Wolf? Well I’m glad we have Entrepreneurs who really feel good about their success in life but I don’t think he was talking to you personally you’re just equating yourself with a class you don’t belong in because you think one day you’ll reach those heights hahahaha. He didn’t discuss Entrepreneurs the conversation was Above your head he was a whole system of government and you decide to include your measly dollars into the conversations.

Anonymous

What would China look like if Mao had lost? I don't think anyone would know for sure. But one thing is certain, our capitalists would take advantage of lower paid workers if given the opportunity.

Anonymous

There are no billionaires in China, only millionaires. Socialism, at least Marxist ideals, was built on critiques of capitalism and it assumes that the government has already been built through capitalism, just like how capitalism was built through the evolution of feudalism. Countries like China and the USSR had problems going straight to socialism because the countries never went through the capitalist stage of economic evolution so they rushed things. This is why China does "Socialism with Chinese characteristics" which is the idea of building the country's capital and then switching to straight socialist government.

Daniel

If you don’t listen to the Bungacast podcast please do! A lot of it is over my head, but any of the three would be great guests on globalism, culture war, and the left worldwide. I learn so much every week. Their book is great too - The End of The End of History. Thank you for all you do!