Richard Wolff, Ph.D - Air date: 05-07-07

[donkiddick08]

richard wolff: economist and diplomat!

[cnxxdoc]

who the hell is this interviewer who won't shut up? Has he realized that he is JUST the interviewer? Anyone who edits this video and leave only R. Wolff will be worshiped! :)

[DiggingNorway]

jesus christ, 6 minutes of discussing which schools he went to... this is a waste of time - why are you doing this interview? What is the message?? GET TO THE POINT!

[menomies]

this has never happened to me before, to have to stop watching because the interviewer annoys me so much. Didn't really think anyone could be that annoying.

[menomies]

MAN this interviewer guy just keeps on going

[menomies]

"I don't mean to interrupt" The interviewer didn't get it mmhm aha mmhmm yes mmhm yes

[ReX342]

@15:08 Yes, we do. It's called philosophy.

[tonysanchez]

Really terrible interviewer ruining what should have been a brilliant hour of access to Richard Wolff's ideas.

Telling if not farcical moment is when Richard Wolff apologizes for "interrupting" the presenter.

[slipstream18]

This is not unusual. Morons dominate the media. They own it like the music industry. Holly wood isn't much better. Independent people can get above the lock step crony environment. Keep on resisting the ignorance.

[RecordnRtist]

I dig this.

[billycarr]

yeah - who the hell keeps Harold Channer interviewing all

these cool people

[massoudgholi]

i agree ,he dosen't shut up,..ing boldy

[dambature]

If it was me I would have punched this stupid and annoying interviewer by minute 13!! My God does he ever shut up!?!

[sparkloweb]

That interviewer sure likes to hear the noises that come out of his own larynx. Maybe he would enjoy interviewing himself.

[NamesBen]

Harold bloody Hudson Channer! He does this with every interviewee. Exactly the same with Stephen Holmes.

[pochombo]

the guy won't just shut up!!!! such pedantic remarks!!!

[durt1000]

I should agree that the interviewer is quite rude because he does not shut up for more than 10 seconds

[aaroncoleman3]

horrible interviewer. I can't watch anymore

[timetorevolt]

I was waiting for a chainsaw-wielding producer to come in and cut the interviewer to pieces. Sadly, this didn't happen.

[Bigmartinno1]

I really wish that idiot interviewer would shut up

[SolarJakee]

@Bigmartinno1 I'm impressed Wolff manages to humor him for so long.

[bajawind]

some people just LOVE the sound of their own voice...thinking they have something to say, i guess...sad.

[JixMa]

"what a rude interviewer. ..."

I thought EXACTLY the same thing. How Professor Wolff didn't lose his cool and ring this clown's constantly interrupting neck, is astounding!

[ecallender]

Who is this clown interviewing Rick Wolff? Hes useless.

[titowasagoodman1980]

I enjoy listening to Marxists who actually understand Marx from a moderate, democratic level-instead of Guevara type "revolutionaries" who impose violent means as the solution to people who don't really understand what Marxism is. I enjoyed Wolff's alternative to markets as the motive to production, letting resources be controlled and production be decided democratically among a given population.

[Eastman220]

I agree with you partly, though Marx was a revolutionary though not like Guevara, what Marx meant by revolution was a situation where the mass of people takes action into their own hands (rejecting their tradional leadership) and begin to apply their own solutions to the problems they face.

[titowasagoodman1980]

I tend to view Marx through a philosophical as well as materialistic or "aesthetic" lens, if you will. On a humanistic level, at least to me, Marx was basically trying to point out the fact that the very nature of the capitalist enterprise causes people in general to lose sight of the reality of their power as individuals and communities.

[callingcox]

Guevara was very much a revolutionary, and an excellent Marxist. Remember, it's the tendency of ruling class thinking to turn real revolutionary heros either into harmless, toothless saints (like Marx, MLK, etc) or demons (Guevara, Lenin, Castro, etc), for their own purposes. We should never forget that.

The revolution will not be peaceful or easy.

[SolarJakee]

@callingcox They've turned Che into a marketable logo.

[agapeiron]

@callingcox Fuck off, Stalinist. You people are a disgrace to the left wing revolutionary tradition.

[fusedmilk]

Oh, dear.. i feel so sorry about Rick Wolff.. what a rude interviewer. it was so difficult to really pick up the important points Wolff was *trying* to make...

[dandiacal]

Poor Dick Wolff! This may be one of the worst interviewers I've seen. He interrupts every sentence with comments that are incoherent, denying us the pleasure of finding out what Wolff will say.

[farbalo]

the interviewer is an idiot

[aikigenius]

to be honest i wanted to hear what the interviewer wanted to say at the end there..it cuts off midway thru a thought..

interesting how evolution, technology, medicine are equated. this seems part of the dominant ideology..

neighborliness seems to have disappeared among the ultra-rich, they suffer an alienation of their own from the worker/consumer..

how can we bring them back into realizing their humanity?

[laieuad]

Rick Wolff is a genius. Its really too bad that this dumb guy keeps screwing up his points to say something stupid. He is an incredible lecturer and this dude isn't letting him build up his arguments or throughly explain something.

[mikhaelaa]

Quite rude, this interviewer.

[evoneal]

wow i cant listen to this its so fuckin annoying UH HUH UH HUH UH HUH

[RobertLVogel]

Excellent interview. Academic economics supports the interests of the elite political class. Currently fundamentalists rule.

Noami Klein's book "Shock Doctrine" has an unusually insightful look at recent economic history.

[CzarinaCzarina]

Amid- you are right about Hamilton. Hamilton is to economics as Tesla is to innovation. Also, when it comes to facilitating any altruistic motives for funding private hospitals/other friendly services is facilitated via a church (Seven day Adventists/Baptist in the parts of the South, etc.). Local and State run organizations for our general welfare {such as roads, hospitals, ect.} is funded via tax (state, local, luxury, property, etc.).

[CzarinaCzarina]

where=were

[CzarinaCzarina]

The interviewer seems to be competing with the interviewee, always interrupting, to "one up" or steal the thunder. Markets or xaction type of relationships are often done in caste families, where they marry for xactions, so "market" value with women and marriage is not a separate issue, esp. in some cultures and classes. Mercantile families often have a "business" type of thinking when they marry off their children, usually arranged marriages. (con't)

[CzarinaCzarina]

(con't) esp if they come to this country just to make money, they're more likely to want their children to work for money and marry for money. This is the concern of "progress". And I'm not stating where I disagree, as the lines are blurry with ethical issues, as with most business/trade held above the idea that it's the ppl's interest that make it possible to earn a trade. How many ppl within that field of trade/business have total contempt for their consumers?

[ergotwotwo]

Unbelievable how inconsiderate that interviewer is. I wonder if he has any idea how rude and obnoxious he is.

--Vote Ron Paul 2008!--

[Amiduffer]

Where's Colbert? What about Hamilton, or Carey or List? What a fraud.