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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 7h

Wolff Responds: "Communism, Socialism & How They Differ." Dated October 8, 2025

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Wolff Responds: "Communism, Socialism & How They Differ." Dated October 8, 2025

YouTube video by RichardDWolff

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 10h

US liquor exports to Canada drop 85% in 2025. Trump never grasped how a declining US empire and economy cannot impose tariffs on the world without all sorts of very costly retaliation.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

US liquor exports fall by 85% in Canada after Trump sparks tariff dispute

Spirit exports were down 9 percent in the second quarter of 2025, compared to the previous year

www.independent.co.uk

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 1d

#WolffBites: Desperate British Conservative Party leader Badenoch out-trumps Trump: scapegoats immigrants to distract from UK's disastrous economy and total decline of the Conservative Party since Brexit (that she voted for).

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 2d

#WolffBites: US troops target US cities, gov't shuts down, economic and political conflict and uncertainty surge. No wonder tariffs do not lead CEOs to relocate jobs back to the US

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Democracy At Work @democracyatwork.bsky.social · 5d

Please join us on October 11th "Building Solidarity, Building Power" with Democracy At Work Women Building Up @coopjax.bsky.social #CEANYC #USSolidarityEconomicNetwork #ChiFreshKitchen @redneckgonegreen.bsky.social #BrooklynPackers and more REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/3ae5pbuu

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 5d

#WolffBites: The US job situation darkens. Why? Because gov't shutdown, troops sent to major cities, ICE deportation violence, deepening social divisions: all warn employers to NOT relocate business to the US.

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 5d

Democracy At Work @democracyatwork.bsky.social · 5d

Upcoming Event: Building #Solidarity, Building Power with
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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 6d

#WolffBites: Nothing works better to persuade CEOs to relocate factories into the US than a President who sends troops into US cities. Conflict, protests, military occupations: all super good for business... Right?

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump says US cities should be military training grounds

The US president warned military leaders of a "war from within", and signals they will be tasked with intervening.

www.bbc.com

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 7d

Wolff Responds: "Trump's Doomed Economic Policy: Riddled with Contradictions" Dated October 1, 2025

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Wolff Responds: "Trump's Doomed Economic Policy: Riddled with Contradictions" Dated October 1, 2025

YouTube video by RichardDWolff

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Democracy At Work @democracyatwork.bsky.social · 7d

Introducing: Los Lobos Jóvenes exclusively on our
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Introducing: Los Lobos Jóvenes

Democracy at Work was founded by Professor Richard D.

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 7d

#War ...

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 7d

#WolffBites: A government shutdown based on the failure of two parties to prevent will make corporate CEOs think twice before relocating factories into the US.

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 8d

#WolffBites: Two guys in trench coats tell a bartender he must pay $500/week for protection. Angrily, he asks "From whom?" From us they say. Trump tells Europe to invest $ billions in the US. Why asks Europe, To lower our tariffs against you, says Trump.

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 9d

AI..

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 9d

#WolffBites: Why US working class complains about inflation: price of coffee per pound went from $4 in 2019 to $6 in 2023 to $ 8.87 in August, 2025. No wonder we scoff when politicians speak of "great economy."

usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/coffee-prices-by-year-and-adjust-for-inflation/

Coffee Prices Adjusted for Inflation | US Inflation Calculator

The average price for a pound of coffee was $8.872 in August, compared to $8.414 in July, for a 5.4% increase, according to data released September 11, 2025 by the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of La...

usinflationcalculator.com

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 12d

#WolffBites: US GDP rises much faster than previously estimated. Might this be a dividend of Trumptistics - gov't statistics adjusted by Trump's preferred statisticians? The world wonders.

www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/e...

The US economy grew at a 3.8% rate in the second quarter, significantly stronger than previously reported | CNN Business

The US economy’s comeback in the second quarter was just revised higher again, and economists estimate that momentum carried on in the third quarter, underscoring the resilience of the world’s largest...

www.cnn.com

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 13d

#WolffBites: Argentina's right-wing "Trumper", Milei, is undercut by grim economy. Austerity policies fail, corruption deepens, his popularity crashes. Milei just lost big Buenos Aires election; more losses coming.

batimes.com.ar/news/economy....

Milei’s disapproval rating hits new high as midterm lead shrinks

More than half of Argentines disapprove of Milei while 42% support the head of state, according to LatAm Pulse survey

batimes.com.ar

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 14d

#WolffBites: US capitalism depends on and thus serves mostly the richest 10-20%. It leaves the rest merely to struggle to get by. An economy split in that way splits its politics and culture too: Trumpism.

fortune.com/2025/09/17/e...

The economy's prospects are reliant on the 'fortunes of the well-to-do' says Moody's, if the ultra-rich get nervy that means recession | Fortune

Spending by America’s wealthiest households is powering the economy, Moody’s warns, while the bottom 80% have only kept pace with inflation.

fortune.com

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 15d

#WolffBites: This graphic shows the economic decline/isolation of the US relative to the economic rise of China and growth of its BRICS alliance.
sonar21.com/the-turning-...

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 16d

France's richest billionaire, Arnault, shows true Trump/Musk colors. He says that a 2 % tax on billionaires' wealth would wreck France's economy (nonsense not even he believes). Says it is all a far-left plot. Yet 86% of French polled support the 2% tax.

www.reuters.com/world/france...

France's richest man, LVMH's Arnault, slams proposed billionaire tax

Bernard Arnault, the boss of luxury goods group LVMH and France's richest man, has attacked a proposed 2% tax on billionaires as an assault on France's economy and denounced the plan's architect as a far-left ideologue.

www.reuters.com

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 16d

#WolffBites: AFT union sues Trump gov't to stop stalling on US student debt forgiveness mandated by law. Official excuse (we protect taxpayers) ridiculed in face of $75 billion for ICE over next 4 years in latest Trump budget.

www.npr.org/2025/09/19/n...

Lawsuit aims to force Trump administration to stop delaying student loan forgiveness

The American Federation of Teachers is seeking a preliminary injunction that would force the department to resume student loan forgiveness.

www.npr.org

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 20d

#WolffBites: US beef prices up over 50% since February 2020. Where's the beef? Unaffordable, that's where. Beef prices are set by beef producers who are capitalist firms maximizing their profits. The system is the problem. www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...

Why beef prices are higher than ever (and shoppers are finally resisting)

American ranchers are raising the fewest cows in decades. Through the price increases, American shoppers have stayed loyal to their love of burgers and steaks — until now.

www.npr.org

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 21d

#WolffBites: Once upon a time Republicans denounced state-owned enterprises as "evil socialism." Not any more, now that the GOP's "supreme leader" has made the US the largest share-holder of the Intel corporation.

www.npr.org/2025/09/12/n...

The U.S. now owns a big chunk of Intel. That’s a huge deal. : Planet Money

Last month, President Donald Trump announced an unusual deal. Intel, the biggest microchip maker in America, had agreed to give the United States a 10 percent stake in its business. That means the U.S...

www.npr.org

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 22d

#WolffBites: Desperate inequality: richest 10% now do half of total US consumer spending. No wonder the other 90% are increasingly upset and angry.

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 24d

#WolffBites: Why are European leaders anti-Russian hysterics? They all served Biden's Ukraine crusade hoping to gain from Russia's defeat. To hide their colossal, costly mistake they must now hype Russian danger. Cheap, fake & DANGEROUS politics.

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