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Democracy at Work: Curing Capitalism | Richard Wolff | Talks at Google

Talks at Google · 3.3M views · 2017-06-28 · 1:25:34

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Economist Richard Wolff's Talks at Google lecture on his book Democracy at Work. He critiques capitalism and argues for worker-run cooperatives as a path to a more democratic economy.

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HN commenters share it as an accessible case for worker cooperatives and workplace democracy as a model for a modern left.

Recommended by 6 HN people across 6 months · HN mentions 2017–2026

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Labor, work & inequalityMicroeconomics & behavioral economics
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yesenadam · 2017-12 · Strong recommendation

In this video[0], economist Richard Wolff talks about all the things he didn't learn studying economics at the US's most prestigious universities, because they were never mentioned. Fascinating talk. Towards the end he talks of a Spanish company run by its workers, which sounds like it has successfully transformed work for those people to something democratic, and, well, something free from what anarchists (and we all..uh 99% of us anyway) want to be free from. It sounds doable to extend that to other areas of life. Watch it! Highly enlightening ...and 'hope you can believe in' isn't that common nowadays. [0] [VIDEO]

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TheDongIsYou · 2017-09 · Strong recommendation

I used to be inspired by the Venus Project years ago. Unfortunately I realized it is extremely utopian and things needs to change in a more practical sense if we want a good chance of succeding. I'm currently very impressed by the work of Prof. Richard Wolff, an economist that heavily criticizes Capitalism and tries to make actual practical changes in the lives of people starting from their workplaces. Here is a talk he made in front of Google employees (the irony): [VIDEO]

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zja · 2021-10 · Recommendation

Very well said! You might find this talk interesting, it’s about “democracy at work” as a new-ish flavor of socialism. [VIDEO]

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