Richard Wolff (1942 - )

Wed Apr 01, 1942

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Image: Richard Wolff giving a speech, unknown location and year. [speakoutnow.org]

Richard D. Wolff, born on this day in 1942, is a Marxist economist and author who co-founded Democracy at Work and hosts 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”.

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.”

- Dr. Richard Wolff