Gentrification, Boston, and Racism
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
Democracy at Work
4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff devotes the first half to New York's new Mayor Zohran Mamdani. He discusses how and why he defeated so many efforts to block him, and what he needs to do to succeed, deliver on his campaign promises, and create a lasting legacy of his time in office. The second half of today's show features an interview with Sabrina Salvati on her new documentary film, "REMOVED: Black Erasure in Boston."
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: https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else. We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week. We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome, friends, to another edition of Economic Update, a weekly program devoted to the |
| 0:27.1 | economic dimensions of our lives and those of our children. |
| 0:31.5 | I'm your host, Richard Wolfe. |
| 0:35.4 | Today's program will have a remarkable interview in the second half with Sabrina Salvatty, |
| 0:42.4 | who's just finished a film on gentrification in Boston that will be very important for everyone |
| 0:50.2 | to understand, as it is a phenomena, she calls it black erasure that is happening in many |
| 0:58.8 | cities across the country. |
| 1:01.2 | We're also going to be talking about the election of Zorans, excuse me, almost mentioned |
| 1:09.2 | his father, Zoran Mamdani as the new mayor of New York City. |
| 1:14.8 | He was sworn in to his job at the beginning of January of 2026, and it is there for an appropriate |
| 1:23.1 | moment to sort of understand how he got elected, what it means, and where it points. And that's |
| 1:31.2 | what we're going to do in the first half of today's show. But before we begin, I hope you all |
| 1:37.8 | had a wonderful holiday season, that you are happy, or at least as happy as is reasonable to be, at the beginning of a new |
| 1:45.9 | year. |
| 1:46.9 | I want to start to also to thank you for those who contributed to our end of the year fundraising |
| 1:54.2 | effort. |
| 1:55.2 | I want to especially thank Erica I, Hardy S, Stephen B, Jerry A, and Gina A for their very generous donations. |
| 2:08.3 | We won't close the books until the end of the week, which means there's still time to help us |
| 2:14.6 | meet our budgetary goals for the year ahead, and you can do that by going to |
| 2:20.0 | our website, www.2 Democracy at Work.Info slash donate. And for those of you who have not yet |
| 2:29.4 | signed up for our membership only or membersonly Patreon account, you can support our work by |
| 2:38.7 | doing so and you can gain access to members-only material that we put on our |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Democracy at Work, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Democracy at Work and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.