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Richard Wolff | The US Empire is Over...It's China's Turn | Aug. 31, 2026

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Economist Professor Richard Wolff explains why he believes the American empire is in decline—and why China and Asia are shaping the future of the global economy. 

We discuss the history of U.S. colonialism, the failures of American capitalism, China’s hybrid economic model, the economic consequences of the Iran war, and the growing appeal of socialism in the United States. 

Professor Wolff also examines whether America and China can peacefully coexist, how the upcoming midterm elections could reshape American politics, and why both Republicans and Democrats may be unprepared for the dramatic changes ahead.


Timeline:
 00:00 - Intro to Professor Richard Wolff
00:30 - Can the United States Empire Survive?
01:59 - Why the US Empire Will Collapse
02:57 - The History of the US Colonialism
07:05 - The United States's Biggest Mistake
08:28 - Why China and Asia is the Future
09:18 - Can the US and China Work Together?
10:25 - What is China Doing Better Than the US?
11:55 - How the US Lost China
12:45 - The Problem with US Capitalism
16:00 - Why the Chinese Hybrid Economy Will Win
17:55 - Why the Chinese Economy Outperforms the US
19:45 - How China Rose from Poverty
21:35 - How China Outperformed Every Other Country
23:15 - Is the Chinese Economy Slowing Down?
24:30 - Will the Iran War Dethrone the United States?
25:33 - How the US Lost in Vietnam and Afghanistan
26:45 - Why the Iran War is Different
27:45 - How Socialism is Growing in America
31:04 - How Will the Midterms Change America?
34:05 - Why the Republicans and Democrats Are in Trouble
36:50 - Why the Future Will Be Very Different
38:57 - Final Thoughts

Richard Wolff, Ray McGovern & Peter Kuznick | HOW NEAR IS NUCLEAR WAR? | Aug. 1, 2026

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Some NATO and Russian advisers think nuclear weapons are a viable option. Would a desperate Israel really nuke Iran? We speak with nuclear weapons expert Peter Kuznick, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and economist Professor Richard Wolff.

Richard Wolff | US Economy in ‘VERY DANGEROUS’ Place as Emergency Oil Reserves Hit 43-YEAR LOW | July 20, 2026

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Oil prices continue to rise for a second straight week, as President Trump vowed more strikes against Iran after at least two American soldiers were killed by retaliatory Iranian strikes on U.S. Military bases in Jordan. This, as U.S. strategic petroleum reserves hits their lowest levels since 1983.

Prof. Richard Wolff, an American Economist and founder of Democracy at Work, noted that while the Trump Admin has relied on the U.S. emergency reserves to steady the oil market thus far, time is running out and the U.S. economy is in a “VERY DANGEROUS” place, as the war against Iran continues, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, and all signs point to further escalation…

Richard Wolff | Iran War UNRAVELS U.S. Empire, Petrodollar is FINISHED | May 10, 2026

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Economist Prof. Richard Wolff argues that the death of the petrodollar has arrived as the Iran war digs the U.S. empire deeper into global depression. He joins the show to break down the latest economic developments emerging from this historic crisis in geopolitics.

Richard D. Wolff | Trump Meltdown | Consortium News | Mar. 28, 2026

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More than its effective drones and ballistic missiles, Iran's greatest weapon, causing its enemies the most pain, is economic. That is what is prompting the meltdown of Donald Trump.

Trump is experiencing a humiliating political and economic meltdown before the whole world.

His criminal scheme to launch an unprovoked war of aggression against Iran is blowing up in his face.

As every day passes, he risks an ever wider regional war and the collapse of the world economy.

In his desperation to find a solution to a catastrophe that he thought would be a cake walk, Trump is blaming U.S. allies, the Democrats, the media -- everyone but himself and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the disaster affecting millions of lives.

It is those two men who have in just one month unconscionably killed more than 3,000 innocent people in Iran and Lebanon, displaced well more than a million, caused deaths and injuries to dozens of their own citizens and unleashed an economic crisis that threatens to become a world-wide depression and could halt Israeli and American expansionism in its tracks.

Rather than the human cost it seems that Iran's economic weapon is what troubles Trump most, causing him to scramble to find a way out. But he is trapped and denying that he is desperate.

Joining us to discuss the staggering economic and political crisis these two men have unleashed is economist Richard Wolff. He is a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor in the graduate program in international affairs at The New School in New York.
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