US Hegemony Is Already Over, Most Just Haven't Noticed | Richard Wolff

The Mercantilist Restoration - https://anthonyfatseas.substack.com/p... Interview recorded - 10th of June, 2026 On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Professor Richard Wolff. Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and has been described as probably America's most prominent Marxist economist. He is the host of Economic Update and the author of Capitalism Hits the Fan. During our conversation we spoke about the current situation in the economy and geopolitics, the uncertainty in the economy, BRICS enemies of the West, the end of the US hegemony and more. I hope you enjoy! 0:00 - Introduction 3:37 - Current thoughts on economy and geopolitics 8:51 - Geopolitical uncertainty linked to economy? 15:42 - Iran conflict resolved? 22:27 - BRICS enemies of the West 33:56 - US hegemony 42:03 - One message to takeaway? Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, New York City. Earlier he taught economics at Yale University (1967-1969) and at the City College of the City University of New York (1969-1973). In 1994, he was a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Paris (France), I (Sorbonne). Wolff was also regular lecturer at the Brecht Forum in New York City. Prof Wolff is the co-founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Economic Update. Professor Richard Wolff: Democracy at work: https://www.democracyatwork.info/ Website: https://www.rdwolff.com/ X: https://x.com/profwolff YouTube: @RichardDWolff WTFinance - Instagram -   / wtfinancee   Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG... iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Twitter -   / anthonyfatseas