Review of 2024: The U.S. Economy Not So Great

<p class="MsoNormal">In this week's episode of Economic Update, Professor Wolff discusses the "catalog" of 2024's economic problem areas: (1) Slow growth relative to China/BRICS; (2) the war in Ukraine; (3) the crises in Gaza and the greater Middle East; (4) Biden & Trump tariffs policy; (5) scapegoating immigrants; (6) corporations disinterest in climate change and DEI initiatives; (7) rising U.S. labor militancy and public support,' (8) rise of violence; (9) social security benefit increases' failure keep up with inflation. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: <a href="https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate">https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.1:01</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info</p>