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Richard David Wolff (born April 1, 1942) is an American Marxian economist known for his work on economic methodology and class analysis. He is a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor in the graduate program in international affairs at the New School. 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, Wolff co-founded the journal Rethinking Marxism. In 2010, he published Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It, which was also released on DVD. In 2012, he released three new books: Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism, with David Barsamian (San Francisco: City Lights Books); Contending Economic Theories: Neoclassical, Keynesian, and Marxian, with Stephen Resnick; and Democracy at Work (Chicago: Haymarket Books). In 2019, he released his book Understanding Marxism.[9]Wolff hosts the weekly 30-minute-long program Economic Update, produced by the non-profit Democracy at Work, which he co-founded. Economic Update is on YouTube, Free Speech TV, WBAI-FM in New York City (Pacifica Radio), CUNY TV or Cuny Television (WNYE-DT3), and available as a podcast. Wolff is featured regularly in television, print, and internet media.