Jul 22, 2022
Professor Richard D. Wolff visits Google to discuss the economic
dimensions of our modern lives, our jobs, our incomes, and our
debts in his unique mixture of deep insight and dry humor. He
presents insights into current events and draws connections to the
past to highlight the machinations of our global economy. He tries
to help us to understand political and corporate policy, the
organization of labor, the distribution of goods and services, and
challenges us to question some of the deepest foundations of modern
society.
Professor Wolff argues that modern capitalism has spawned a
deepening economic crisis alongside a captive political
establishment. He argues that whether it is secure, well-paid, and
meaningful jobs or a sustainable relationship with the natural
environment that we depend on, our society is not delivering the
results people need and deserve. He believes that this state of
affairs is due to the lack of genuine democracy in our economy as
well as in our politics. His proposed solution requires the
creation of a genuine economic democracy, starting with workers
managing their own workplaces, as the basis for a genuine political
democracy.
In this Talk, Professor Wolff lays out a hopeful and concrete
vision of how to make that possible, addressing the many people who
have concluded that economic inequality and politics as usual must
be changed.
Originally published in June of 2017.
Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video.