Best Of Series Part 3: Interviews Echoing Today
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
Democracy at Work
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🗓️ 12 August 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
This week on Economic Update, we take a look back at some of Prof. Wolff's guest interviews from years past that still echo in today's global socio-economic setting. We hope you're enjoying this "Best Of" series. We will return to regular weekly updates on Labor Day, and as always, we thank you for your attention, support, and solidarity.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode is a little different than usual. It is a compilation of segments from previous |
| 0:25.1 | episodes of economic update that remain relevant for all of us today. And I hope it provides |
| 0:32.6 | you with a fresh look at what's changed, how far we've come, and how far we haven't over the last decade. |
| 0:40.3 | Before we get into today's best-of episode of economic update, I want to take a minute |
| 0:47.1 | and talk to you about an exciting opportunity for those of you that may be interested |
| 0:51.8 | in starting a worker co-op, converting a business |
| 0:55.0 | you own into a worker co-op, or perhaps constructing a worker co-op in a place where you're |
| 1:00.7 | currently working. |
| 1:03.0 | If any of those ideas strike you as interesting, I want you to know that we have teamed |
| 1:08.6 | up with Left Forum and People's Network for Land and Liberation |
| 1:13.1 | to offer a 14-week course online that equips participants with the tools to build, maintain, |
| 1:22.0 | and grow your very own worker co-op. |
| 1:25.9 | It's called the Worker Co-op Academy. It's inspired by the Wellspring |
| 1:30.3 | Cooperative Corporation in Springfield, Massachusetts. The course will be led by Emily |
| 1:36.6 | Coano and David Cobb. You can find out more about the program, the instructors, and apply |
| 1:42.9 | for the course by going to Democracy |
| 1:45.4 | at Work.Info slash WCA for Workers Co-op Academy. The deadline to apply is |
| 1:54.2 | August 19th and I encourage you to visit our website to learn more about this |
| 1:59.4 | program and others that we offer. |
| 2:02.5 | Thank you as always for your time and your interest. |
| 2:05.9 | I'm very pleased today to address a topic with a guest, a topic that we have not devoted |
| 2:13.9 | enough attention to, and it's broadly defined as the relationship between law, |
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