3.2K views · 48 reactions | This week, Richard D. Wolff discusses the closing of 6,400 retail stores in 2017, decline in US housing starts, 800 major corporations oppose Trump on DACA, US child poverty rates, US to rely on banks' "self-reporting" of their misdeeds, and the significance of California Disclose Act. | Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff | Facebook

1.8K views · 67 reactions | [S8 E04] This week on Economic Update, Prof. Wolff gets into the Left victory in Mexico's election, SCOTUS's Janus decision, Trump’s Foxconn fakery in Wisconsin, the GOP’s forced labor for Medicaid beneficiaries and the scapegoating of immigrants exposed. In the second half of the show, Prof. Wolff interviews Dr. Harriet Fraad on the personal, psychological effects of a dying US empire. | Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff | Facebook

On this week's episode, Prof. Richard D. Wolff elaborates on his critique of Uber and the gig economy, discusses US Senators endorsing inequality, Norway’s recent decision to pay male and female athletes equally, why corporations often buy back their own shares, workers dying due to overwork in Japan, the rise of homeless school children and how the majority of large US corporations pay below the official 35% tax rate. | Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff