Pages tagged "capitalism"
Workplace dictatorship and stolen time
“Time theft” is an ongoing problem of contemporary capitalism, both within the dictatorship of the workplace and in the seeming democracy of our lives outside of work.
Economist David Ruccio responds to Elizabeth Anderson and her recent article for Vox about workplace dictatorship.
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How Capitalism Exploits Us (And What We Can Do About It)
Our friends at Sustainable Human recently created a short video featuring Professor Wolff, where he compares capitalism to feudalism and slavery, and explains how a more democratic economic system is possible.
Read moreTalks at Google: "Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism"
Professor Wolff presents current events and draws connections to...
Read moreEconomic Update: Capitalism's Shadow: Poverty
On this week's episode, Prof.Wolff presents updates on European sanctuary cities, McDonald's automation, Travis Kalanic, and...
Read moreVision as memory: austerity, tax cuts and militarism continue under Trump administration
Instead of constantly focusing on the symptom, i.e. Trump and his cabal, we need to ask ourselves as philosopher Henry Giroux does, “What kind of society produces Donald Trump?” or more specifically, ‘What kind of person embraces this kind of budget?’
Read moreEconomic Update: Human Nature and Capitalism
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on California, Nevada steps toward universal medical insurance, Toronto housing bubble, Air Traffic Controllers and the privatization issue, US, Mexico fight over...
Read moreLeft Forum 2017 - Economy and Psychology: A Tale of Two Depressions
Most Americans have never recovered from the recession of 2008 and the outsourcing, mechanizing, robotizing and computerizing of their jobs. Men’s salaries and working conditions have been deteriorating since the mid 1970s. Women’s salaries have increased to...
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