As The Empire Crumbles

Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff

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🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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[EU S14 E03] As The Empire Crumbles

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In this week's episode of EU, Prof.Wolff delivers updates on the mass closing of Greyhound bus stations around the U.S., the escalating strengths of Russian obstacles in Ukraine, the choice the UK faces between paying for the bombing of Yemen or funding their National Health Service, how Boeing's safety debacle propelled China into the lead of global automotive exports and how Israel has also been aversely affected by the shifts and changes of the world economy caused by the decline of U.S. dominance. If you haven't already, please subscribe to our channel, follow us on social media and of course be sure to sign up on our website: www.democracyatwork.info And as always, we thank for your attention, support and solidarity. The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so. You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:

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0:00.0	Welcome friends to another edition of Economic Update, a weekly program devoted to the economic
0:16.5	dimensions of our lives and those of our children. I'm your host, Richard Wolf. As usual, before I begin, I'm your host, Richard Wolf.
0:23.3	As usual, before I begin, I want to remind you that we have a wonderful volunteer,
0:28.8	Charlie Fabian, working with us these days,
0:32.2	and that if you have suggestions, ideas, desires for this program,
0:37.6	we're interested in knowing how we can be better useful to you.
0:42.4	And all we ask is that you get a hold of Charlie at the following email.
0:47.7	Charlie. info 438.gmail.com.
0:54.2	again Charlie dot info
0:57.3	for38 at gmail dot com
1:01.6	in today's program which has a title, The Decline of the U.S. Empire, we're going to be talking
1:07.4	about a number of signs, pieces of evidence you might say that the empire is declining. We have easy
1:15.8	pickings because there's lots of evidence but it is important to choose and to
1:21.9	make the case for those of you that are strong enough to face
1:27.6	this reality.
1:29.3	The decline of an empire usually makes most of the people living in that decline filled with efforts
1:36.5	to avoid seeing it facing it, understanding it, admitting it.
1:43.6	So here we go.
1:45.4	I'm going to begin with a kind of a sad story, but it is so powerful in talking about the decline of the empire that you might have missed it.
1:57.0	Greyhound bus systems known across the United States for many, many decades.
2:05.0	That famous picture of the Greyhound
2:10.0	and a kind of sad waiting room with a few vending machines and a few folks waiting for the
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