Richard Wolff: Israel, Ukraine, China, and the End of the American Empire
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Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor at The New School, where he works on economics in the Marxist tradition. This is Richard’s fourth appearance on Robinson’s Podcast. In episode #127, he and Robinson discussed some of the most profound criticisms of capitalism; in #154, they focused on the myths surrounding Marxism and Marx himself; and in #190 they covered the Israel-Palestine conflict from a Marxist perspective. In this wide-ranging episode, Richard and Robinson talk about the end of the American empire. More particularly they discuss the wars in Russia, Ukraine, Israel, and Palestine, the rivalry between China and the United States, the global interplay between capitalism and socialism, the distinction between socialism and communism, the conflict between the BRICS and G7 nations, and more. Richard’s latest book is Understanding Capitalism (Democracy at Work, 2024).
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OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
03:10 On the Trauma of His Family Background
10:50 Academia’s War on Marxism
22:45 Economics as the Secret Undercurrent of History
28:01 Will Ukraine Defeat Russia?
31:52 Is China the Empire of the New World?
39:04 The Best American Strategy Against China
45:24 How Trump Won and Lost America
56:22 Is Israel a Colonialist State?
01:03:23 On the Expulsion of the Palestinians from Israel
01:10:49 Israel as America’s Economic Baby
01:18:08 Global Capitalism as the Enemy of the Islamic World
01:23:00 Why You Should Distrust Wartime Propaganda
01:33:03 Zelensky and the Ukrainian Chess Match
01:42:53 The Economic Conspiracy Behind the American Pick-Up Truck
01:49:31 Israel, Ukraine, and the New Cold War
01:54:20 The Many Taboos of Socialism and Communism
01:58:54 The War Between Socialism and Capitalism
02:07:51 Is Socialism More Efficient than Capitalism?
02:16:58 World War I and the Rise of Socialism
02:22:58 The Failed American Attempt to Destroy Russian Communism
02:27:26 Why Did Russia Choose Communism over Socialism?
02:38:06 Communism, Socialism, and the War for the Workplace
02:43:00 Is China Secretly Capitalist?
02:53:18 America’s Choice Between Equality or Subservience to China
02:58:45 Europe’s Hidden Economic Apocalypse
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