Richard D. Wolff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Richard D. Wolff

American economist

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1942

Place of Birth: Youngstown, Ohio, United States

Profession: economist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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About Richard D. Wolff

  • Richard David Wolff (born April 1, 1942) is an American Marxian economist, known for his work on economic methodology and class analysis.
  • He is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York.
  • Wolff has also taught economics at Yale University, City University of New York, University of Utah, University of Paris I (Sorbonne), and The Brecht Forum in New York City. In 1988 he co-founded the journal Rethinking Marxism.
  • In 2010, Wolff published Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It, also released as a DVD.
  • He released three new books in 2012: Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism, with David Barsamian (San Francisco: City Lights Books), Contending Economic Theories: Neoclassical, Keynesian, and Marxian, with Stephen Resnick (Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London: MIT University Press), and Democracy at Work (Chicago: Haymarket Books).
  • In 2019, he released his book Understanding Marxism (Democracy at Work).Wolff hosts the weekly 30 minute long program Economic Update, which is produced by the non-profit Democracy at Work, which he co-founded.
  • Economic Update is on Youtube, FreeSpeech TV, WBAI, 99.5 FM, New York City (Pacifica Radio), CUNY TV (Channel 25.3), and available as a podcast.
  • Wolff is featured regularly in television, print, and internet media.
  • The New York Times Magazine has named him "America's most prominent Marxist economist".
  • Wolff lives in Manhattan with his wife and frequent collaborator, Harriet Fraad, a practicing psychotherapist.

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