Economy and psychology
How economic well-being and mental health depend on each other
Dr. Harriet Fraad has a thriving private practice in New York City. Her special interests include problems in intimate relationships and eating disorders; her special competence lies in the practices of psychotherapy and the uses of hypnotherapy. She publishes widely on the social causes and consequences of psychological problems [for a recent publication, see “American Depressions”]
Dr. Richard D. Wolff is a professor of economics who has taught at Yale University, the City University of New York, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently teaches in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University in New York. His publications are available elsewhere on this website.
Dr.s Fraad and Wolff have been married since 1965 and have two adult children.
The podcasts and blogs below are produced by professionals with extensive experience working in their respective fields as a psychotherapist and an economist. Here they combine what they have learned to explore how the twin crises of the US economy and our psychology interact today. Isolation, anxiety, loneliness, and depression are psychological issues that profoundly impact work, consumption, and debt. Likewise, unemployment, income inequality, and exploitation shape our emotional and intimate lives. The interaction of economy and psychology helps to determine our society and our individuality as well. Yet these topics remain loaded with taboos, confusions, ignorance, and fear preventing us from asking big questions and daring to discuss big answers. Getting past these limits to explore economics, psychology, and their mutual influence is our goal and purpose.
Podcasts
