Unemployment I: The Cost of Economic Crisis (Video)

Monday 10 January 2011

by: Richard D. Wolff, t r u t h o u t | Video

Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and currently a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York. He has a PhD in Economics from Yale University as well as degrees from Harvard University (history BA) and Stanford University (economics MA). Wolff has authored or co-authored 10 books and over 50 scholarly articles and 75 popular articles. His recent work has concentrated on analyzing the causes and alternative solutions to the current global economic crisis.

His documentary film on that crisis, Capitalism Hits the Fan, can be previewed at www.capitalismhitsthefan.com. He also published a book of essays on the current crisis in 2010 entitled Capitalism Hits the Fan: the Global Economic meltdown and What to Do About it. Detailed information on and copies of his many writings, audios and videos of his media interviews, lectures, and classes, and his speaking schedule are all available at his website: www.rdwolff.com. 

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Richard D. Wolff is a professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and also a visiting professor at the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York. He is the author of "New Departures in Marxian Theory" (Routledge, 2006) among many other publications. Check out Richard D. Wolff's documentary film on the current economic crisis, "Capitalism Hits the Fan," at www.capitalismhitsthefan.com. Visit Wolff's web site at www.rdwolff.com, and order a copy of his new book "Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do about It."

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It's equally applicable to

 Thu, 01/13/2011 - 01:57 — uday prakash (not verified)

It's equally applicable to understand the social cost of (which, to my mind, is the largest on earth and it does include me and my family for long) 'unemployment' in my own country -India.



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