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Richard D. Wolff

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An Empire (And Economy) In Decline – OpEd

The SCOTUS rejection of Trump’s tariffs changes little. The empire’s decline persists, and with it, its extension to the US

26.02.2026 10

Eurasia Review

Richard D. Wolff

An Empire (and Economy) in Decline

The SCOTUS rejection of Trump’s tariffs changes little. The empire's decline persists, and with it, its extension to the US economy as a whole. And...

25.02.2026 10

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Richard D. Wolff

Trump’s Politics And A Declining US Capitalism In 2026 – OpEd

A year into Trump’s second term clarifies what his presidency aims to accomplish. On the one hand, his initiatives and

12.02.2026 4

Eurasia Review

Richard D. Wolff

Trump’s Politics and a Declining US Capitalism in 2026

A year into Trump’s second term clarifies what his presidency aims to accomplish. On the one hand and widely overemphasized are his initiatives and...

11.02.2026 10

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Richard D. Wolff

Trump is Trying to Reverse the New Deal

The central ideological and political problem for the U.S. employer class after 1945 was how to accomplish the undoing of the New Deal and the United...

20.05.2025 10

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Richard D. Wolff

Trump Is Trying To Reverse The New Deal – OpEd

After the end of World War II, the U.S. employer class—the capitalists—faced overlapping threats, both domestic and foreign. On the

20.05.2025 10

Eurasia Review

Richard D. Wolff

A Cruel Hoax: the Political Economy of Anti-immigration

Deporting immigrants may deliver electoral wins to politicians if voters have been sufficiently cultivated by years of demonizing and scapegoating...

28.02.2025 8

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Richard D. Wolff

A Cruel Hoax: The Political Economy Of Anti-Immigration – OpEd

Deporting immigrants may deliver electoral wins to politicians if voters have been sufficiently cultivated by years of demonizing and scapegoating

28.02.2025 6

Eurasia Review

Richard D. Wolff

Settler Colonialism: “It Ends With Us” in Palestine and Israel

Israel tried to operate settler colonialism on the pattern of earlier European settler colonialisms established around the world. That effort linked...

31.01.2025 10

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Richard D. Wolff

Settler Colonialism: ‘It Ends With Us’ In Palestine And Israel – OpEd

My birth emerged from European capitalism’s fascistic catastrophe in the 1920s–1940s. That catastrophe also produced Israel’s experiment...

30.01.2025 10

Eurasia Review

Richard D. Wolff

United States in 2025: Social Problems Denied via Rhetorics of Refusal

Societies survive and grow when they successfully navigate their contradictions. Eventually, however, accumulating contradictions overwhelm existing...

20.01.2025 10

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Richard D. Wolff

United States In 2025: Social Problems Denied Via Rhetorics Of Refusal – OpEd

Societies survive and grow when they successfully navigate their contradictions. Eventually, however, accumulating contradictions overwhelm existing...

18.01.2025 10

Eurasia Review

Richard D. Wolff

Political Economy Contradictions as We Lurch Into 2025

The Republicans (GOP), traditionally the U.S.’s anti-tax party, now promise to use tariffs to wage trade wars, to massively deport immigrants, and...

23.12.2024 6

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Richard D. Wolff

Political Economy Contradictions As We Lurch Into 2025 – OpEd

The Republicans (GOP), traditionally the U.S.’s anti-tax party, now promise to use tariffs to wage trade wars, to massively deport immigrants, and...

21.12.2024 8

Eurasia Review

Richard D. Wolff