A tech travelogue set in the Chinese countryside relies on analogy and abstraction to make an ultimately specious point.

<p>When McKinsey praises your book, it’s a sign—and not a particularly good one.</p>

How “the king” of St. Louis was defeated—for now—and how you too can topple your local hometown billionaire.

It is time to liberate our media systems from the political and economic forces that have long subtly controlled them

<p>The nation’s most trusted mainstream news outlets have proven unworthy of anyone’s trust. </p>

[S11 E16] A Green 3rd Party for the U.S.On this week's episode, Prof. Wolff talks about Rolls Royce's $400,000 cars, unionization defeat at Amazon, why Biden...

<p>A town with no people is not a town, but a deathly museum.</p>

- [S11 E15] Workers Successfully Take Over Their Workplaces

On this week's show, Prof. Wolff discusses how the US home rental market is failing over 20% of all renters, and the basic flaws in Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure proposal. On the second half…

Across Europe, worker-led delivery collectives are springing up to reclaim control from corporate platforms

Israel has effectively made the establishment of a separate Palestinian state impossible. It’s clear what’s needed now: a single, democratic state with full rights for all people.

[S11 E17] How US Capitalism Uses Nationalism

From 1945 to 1990 we were told a great struggle pitted capitalism against socialism/communism (chiefly the USSR and China). Yet still today, US leaders demonize Russia and China despite the end of communism in…

In his first 100 days as president, Joe Biden has proven unusually willing to associate his administration with the labor movement's agenda. Unions have a greater opening to win an expansive pro-worker agenda than they have in decades. But we haven't seen…

Westminster’s self-serving rule is bolstering the cause of independence. Democracy will be the winner, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

[S11 E14] Marxism's Ongoing Relevance

After clearing away the Cold War debris that blocked discussion of Marxism's insights since 1945, we focus on Marxism's core contribution to (1) thinking about and (2) changing modern capitalist society. That contribution…

<p>Shockingly, it’s full of dirty tricks.</p>

New nuclear power costs about 5 times more than onshore wind power per kWh. Nuclear takes 5 to 17 years longer between planning and operation and produces on average 23 times the emissions per unit electricity generated. In addition, it creates risk and cost…

Like all previous economic systems in recorded history, capitalism is on track to repeat the same three-step trip: birth, evolution, and death. The timing and other specifics of each system’s trip …