Professor Richard Wolff with Thom Hartmann on the real state of the global economy

[marmar]

Published on Aug 24, 2015

Tonight on The Big Picture, Thom takes a look at the U.S. and global markets and discusses the state of both economies.

Dr. Richard Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and author of “Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism joins Thom to talk about Monday’s historic lows in the financial markets. Richard Wolff breaks down China’s economy and if the devaluation of the yuan is the root to this market meltdown. Then Thom and Richard take a look at the U.S. economy and review wage growth, inequality, and pensions.

[Gregorian]

1. Once again, Bernie Sanders has the solution.

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I'm here for the few posts like yours. Thanks again.

[canoeist52]

2. Always informative to hear Wolff's view of current economic developments.

Thanks for the update.

[Time For Peace]

3. Thanks for sharing this.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

4. I'm no econ buff

but I could listen to Prof. Wolff endlessly. Like Bernie, he speaks directly and candidly about the U.S. and world wide economy, His take on pensions resonated in particular with me, and once again, I'm so appreciative of the one I receive from Cal STRS. I depend on it, damn it!

K&R