Professor Richard D. Wolff
@profwolff.bsky.social
Professor of Economics Emeritus University of Massachusetts
Founder/Director Democracy At Work
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#WeCanDoBetterThanCapitalism
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website: www.RDWolff.com
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When Trump uses ancient law against people in Minnesota, we remember a great woman's quote: “What presents itself to us as bourgeois legality is nothing but the violence of the ruling class, a violence raised to an obligatory norm from the outset.”
― Rosa Luxemburg (murdered Berlin 15 January 1919)
― Rosa Luxemburg (murdered Berlin 15 January 1919)
January 15, 2026 at 9:52 PM
When Trump uses ancient law against people in Minnesota, we remember a great woman's quote: “What presents itself to us as bourgeois legality is nothing but the violence of the ruling class, a violence raised to an obligatory norm from the outset.”
― Rosa Luxemburg (murdered Berlin 15 January 1919)
― Rosa Luxemburg (murdered Berlin 15 January 1919)
As we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr., let's not miss noting where he would stand in the battle of ICE versus Minneapolis.
January 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
As we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr., let's not miss noting where he would stand in the battle of ICE versus Minneapolis.
ICE too started small, "to deport" illegal immigrants. Now it attacks, even kills Americans protesting ICE. Where does it end ?
January 15, 2026 at 4:06 PM
ICE too started small, "to deport" illegal immigrants. Now it attacks, even kills Americans protesting ICE. Where does it end ?
#WolffBites: SA, SS, and Gestapo all began small “to protect” Nazi Party meetings. Hitler grew them into a big army to terrorize his political enemies including running concentration camps.
January 15, 2026 at 4:06 PM
#WolffBites: SA, SS, and Gestapo all began small “to protect” Nazi Party meetings. Hitler grew them into a big army to terrorize his political enemies including running concentration camps.
#WolffBites: Will US bankers support independent money-management (the FED) or will short-term competitive greed among bankers dictate subservience to Trump as he tries to subordinate the FED?
January 13, 2026 at 6:21 PM
#WolffBites: Will US bankers support independent money-management (the FED) or will short-term competitive greed among bankers dictate subservience to Trump as he tries to subordinate the FED?
#WolffBites: GOP corporate donors know their cash goes to buy votes of certain masses (evangelical Christians, white supremacists, super patriots, racists, etc.). But what if Trump's policies cost donors (like a 10% cap on credit card interest rates)? Trump gets trounced.
January 13, 2026 at 12:38 AM
#WolffBites: GOP corporate donors know their cash goes to buy votes of certain masses (evangelical Christians, white supremacists, super patriots, racists, etc.). But what if Trump's policies cost donors (like a 10% cap on credit card interest rates)? Trump gets trounced.
#WolffBites: When past empires suffered economic decline (as all eventually did) and they lost political power, they often desperately tried military power to reverse the empire's decline. It never worked.
January 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
#WolffBites: When past empires suffered economic decline (as all eventually did) and they lost political power, they often desperately tried military power to reverse the empire's decline. It never worked.
Wolff Responds: Venezuela: Where Will this End?
YouTube video by RichardDWolff
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:13 PM
#WolffBites: Job prospects in the US worse today than at any time over the last 12 years (worse even than during the pandemic).
January 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM
#WolffBites: Job prospects in the US worse today than at any time over the last 12 years (worse even than during the pandemic).
Wolff Responds: Venezuela: Where Will this End?
YouTube video by RichardDWolff
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January 7, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Three years ago, Massachusetts imposed a 4% surcharge on personal annual incomes over $1 million. It raised $ 6.4 billion. Now Rhode Island and other states are moving in that direction. Aim is to offset Trump favoring the rich.
finance.yahoo.com/news/rhode-i...
finance.yahoo.com/news/rhode-i...
Rhode Island Eyes Tax on Rich to Counter Trump Policies
McKee in an interview said he’s open to the surtax if it’s paired with tax cuts for businesses, seniors and other groups, a contrast to comments last spring that it wasn’t time for such a step. A spo...
finance.yahoo.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Three years ago, Massachusetts imposed a 4% surcharge on personal annual incomes over $1 million. It raised $ 6.4 billion. Now Rhode Island and other states are moving in that direction. Aim is to offset Trump favoring the rich.
finance.yahoo.com/news/rhode-i...
finance.yahoo.com/news/rhode-i...
#WolffBites: New research shows: Trump's tariffs cost mostly the US economy - not foreign economies whose exports to the US saw little price change. Trump tried to make it seem that his tariffs punished others. Wrong: we paid them.
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Axios Macro - 1 big thing: Why the impact of tariffs may not be what you think
www.axios.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:22 PM
#WolffBites: New research shows: Trump's tariffs cost mostly the US economy - not foreign economies whose exports to the US saw little price change. Trump tried to make it seem that his tariffs punished others. Wrong: we paid them.
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
The US global empire has declined beyond recuperation. Trump hides a retreat to a western hemisphere empire by war on Venezuela. But just as wars lost in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine did not stop US's empire's decline, wars in Latin America wont stop decline there either.
January 4, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The US global empire has declined beyond recuperation. Trump hides a retreat to a western hemisphere empire by war on Venezuela. But just as wars lost in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine did not stop US's empire's decline, wars in Latin America wont stop decline there either.
#WolffBites: Europe tried to take Russia's money to pay for its war against Russia in Ukraine. It failed. Trump plans to take Venezuela's oil to pay for the US attack on and "running" (Trump's word) Venezuela. How 21st century imperialism tries to finance itself.
January 4, 2026 at 2:25 PM
#WolffBites: Europe tried to take Russia's money to pay for its war against Russia in Ukraine. It failed. Trump plans to take Venezuela's oil to pay for the US attack on and "running" (Trump's word) Venezuela. How 21st century imperialism tries to finance itself.
#WolffBites: Americans who can buy foreign passports are doing so in record numbers. Do you wonder why that might be?
www.bloomberg.com/explainers/h...
www.bloomberg.com/explainers/h...
January 3, 2026 at 9:25 PM
#WolffBites: Americans who can buy foreign passports are doing so in record numbers. Do you wonder why that might be?
www.bloomberg.com/explainers/h...
www.bloomberg.com/explainers/h...
#WolffBites: Mexico's minimum wage rose 13% on 1 January 2026. Taking into account inflation, the real Mexican wage was tripled over the last 8 years. Mexico's ruling class opposed the increases as bad for Mexico. They were 100% wrong.
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/01/how-...
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/01/how-...
How Mexico More Than Tripled Its Minimum Wage in Eight Years Without Triggering the Economic Disaster Many Had Predicted | naked capitalism
Yet more evidence that improving the lot of those at the very bottom of the income ladder does not necessarily produce unemployment or runaway inflation.
www.nakedcapitalism.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
#WolffBites: Mexico's minimum wage rose 13% on 1 January 2026. Taking into account inflation, the real Mexican wage was tripled over the last 8 years. Mexico's ruling class opposed the increases as bad for Mexico. They were 100% wrong.
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/01/how-...
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/01/how-...
#WolffBites: Trump in his own words: "the most anti-war president in history." In fact, Trump bombed 9 nations, more than any other president ever.
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-b...
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-b...
US Launches Christmas Strikes on Nigeria—the 9th Country Bombed by Trump | Common Dreams
Trump—who calls himself "the most anti-war president in history"—has now bombed more countries than any president in history.
www.commondreams.org
December 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
#WolffBites: Trump in his own words: "the most anti-war president in history." In fact, Trump bombed 9 nations, more than any other president ever.
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-b...
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-b...
World trade growth remains steady across 2025, but US trade growth declines and falls below 0 at year's end. Rough 2026 ahead.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
December 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
World trade growth remains steady across 2025, but US trade growth declines and falls below 0 at year's end. Rough 2026 ahead.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
#WolffBites: Europe fights Russia (who might take more than its Ukraine border). But Europe just talks about Trump's actions to "take" Greenland. NATO fails.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe stands with Greenland as Trump threat returns
Donald Trump’s appointment of a special envoy reignites a fight over the Arctic island.
www.politico.eu
December 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#WolffBites: Europe fights Russia (who might take more than its Ukraine border). But Europe just talks about Trump's actions to "take" Greenland. NATO fails.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
#WolffBites: Suppose a hamster stopped turning the capitalism wheel. The first question she/he would ask: what took me so long?
December 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
#WolffBites: Suppose a hamster stopped turning the capitalism wheel. The first question she/he would ask: what took me so long?
#WolffBites: The National Security Strategy released Dec 4 admits the US empire has ended. The admission hides among repetitions of "America First." What does America First mean? Killing those 95 people in boats near Venezuela as foreign enemies. Will domestic "enemies" be next?
December 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
#WolffBites: The National Security Strategy released Dec 4 admits the US empire has ended. The admission hides among repetitions of "America First." What does America First mean? Killing those 95 people in boats near Venezuela as foreign enemies. Will domestic "enemies" be next?
#WolffBites: New Mexico succeeds with free childcare program for all residents (including immigrants, no matter parents' incomes). Another old socialist program embraced by people who carefully avoid admitting its "socalilst" history.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/13/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/13/b...
Free child care for all? New Mexico is putting the theory to the test | CNN Business
The nation’s first universal child care program is rolling out in one of its poorest states — sparking debate about cost, sustainability and who benefits most.
www.cnn.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
#WolffBites: New Mexico succeeds with free childcare program for all residents (including immigrants, no matter parents' incomes). Another old socialist program embraced by people who carefully avoid admitting its "socalilst" history.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/13/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/13/b...
#WolffBites: The Global South, China, and the BRICS watch the UK and US revive old colonial attitudes into a new racism aimed at immigrants. But today's racism accompanies the Global North's economic and social decline. Very big difference.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Broadcaster targeted with racist slurs accuses Farage of emboldening ‘toxic environment’ online
Farage is responsible for ‘dangerous’ culture shift, says broadcaster subject to alleged posts from Reform councillor
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
#WolffBites: The Global South, China, and the BRICS watch the UK and US revive old colonial attitudes into a new racism aimed at immigrants. But today's racism accompanies the Global North's economic and social decline. Very big difference.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#WolffBites: China's export surplus hit $1 trillion in November (more than for all of 2024). A 29% drop in exports to US offset by over 29% growth in exports to rest of world. So China's 2025 growth will be much faster than the US.
finance.yahoo.com/news/live/tr...
finance.yahoo.com/news/live/tr...
Trump tariffs live updates: Trump floats 'some' additional tariff carveouts; US unveils $12B farmer bailout
Yahoo Finance is chronicling the latest news and updates on President Trump's plans to impose tariffs on goods from other countries.
finance.yahoo.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
#WolffBites: China's export surplus hit $1 trillion in November (more than for all of 2024). A 29% drop in exports to US offset by over 29% growth in exports to rest of world. So China's 2025 growth will be much faster than the US.
finance.yahoo.com/news/live/tr...
finance.yahoo.com/news/live/tr...
#WolffBites: How capitalism "tackles" the affordability crisis. Use clever words to hide reduced products for people to buy: hamburger helper instead of hamburger, smaller apartments for the same rent, and now "tiny cars." Don't be fooled.
www.axios.com/2025/12/05/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/05/t...
The problems with building "micro cars" in the U.S.
The laws of economics and physics will almost certainly ensure the cars won't happen for the U.S.
www.axios.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
#WolffBites: How capitalism "tackles" the affordability crisis. Use clever words to hide reduced products for people to buy: hamburger helper instead of hamburger, smaller apartments for the same rent, and now "tiny cars." Don't be fooled.
www.axios.com/2025/12/05/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/05/t...