The U.S. Military's Role in Ecological Crisis

Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff

Democracy at Work

Politics, News, Government

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🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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On this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on the internal struggle inside the U.S. Teamsters Union between O'Brien leadership and Hooker challenge group (pro- vs anti-Trump), Trump-McMahon attack on the nursing profession in the U.S., and Trump's own reduction of tariffs and thus of government revenue from tariffs. Then, Professor Wolff interviews Abby Martin about her new film, "Earth's Greatest Enemy," which explores the U.S. military's disastrous ecological impact on the planet.

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0:00.0	Welcome, friends, to another edition of Economic Update, a weekly program devoted to the
0:26.5	economic dimensions of our lives and those of our children.
0:31.1	I'm your host, Richard Wolfe.
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