Rick Wolff

Ireland and the Tragedy of European Austerity

European financial and political leaders are now imposing a social disaster on Ireland's people. It parallels and worsens the similar disasters underway in Greece and eastern European countries and …

By: Rick Wolff ,; rdwolff.com|NewsAnalysis

November 30, 2010

Rick Wolff | The Crisis and Obama’s Decline

The economic crisis that Obama rode to victory in 2008 also rode him down in the 2010 elections. Obama and his economic advisors badly "mismanaged the crisis." While the …

By: Rick Wolff ,; MRZine|Op-Ed

November 29, 2010

Rick Wolff | US Voters Depressed and Disenfranchised

The 2010 elections revealed yet again the peculiar habits of the US electorate. The majority of eligible voters – about 60% - did not vote despite the months of …

By: Rick Wolff ,; Truthout

November 10, 2010

Rick Wolff | Economic Crisis and Tax Injustice

The Associated Press's Robin Hindery reported on October 29, 2010 that the AP had found a remarkable fact: communities across the US have been raising their local property taxes. …

By: Rick Wolff ,; MRZine|Op-Ed

November 1, 2010

Why France Matters Here, Too

For many weeks now, the historic social change sweeping across France has drawn increasing attention globally. It should. A genuine, mass democratic upsurge has surprised all those who thought, …

By: Rick Wolff ,; MRZine|Op-Ed

October 26, 2010

Another Outrage: Pushing Back Social Security Benefits

In France, millions march against the Sarkozy plan to push the age of eligibility for full retirement benefits from 65 to 67. "We can no longer afford" to pay …

By: Rick Wolff ,; MRZine|Op-Ed

October 18, 2010

French Labor Activism, US Labor Passivism

US workers suffered a major rise in unemployment from its level in 2008 (5.8 percent) to its level in the second quarter of 2010 (9.7 percent). By comparison, French …

By: Rick Wolff ,; Truthout

October 12, 2010

Krugman Frustrated

Poor Paul Krugman, stuck in the old Keynesian rut amidst its blinders. The recession would be over, he says, if only the government ran more and bigger deficits to …

By: Rick Wolff ,; MRZine|Op-Ed

October 6, 2010

Why Millions March in France, but Not in the US

The basic issue is the same there and here. Capitalism generates another of its regular, periodic crises, only this one is really bad. It begins, as often happens, in …

By: Rick Wolff ,; MRZine|Op-Ed

September 10, 2010

Whose Recovery? What Double Dip?

Is there an economic recovery underway? Was there one that has now stopped? Will our current recession, partly recovered from, now tumble downward again in a second or "double" …

By: Rick Wolff ,; MRZine|Op-Ed

August 25, 2010

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