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Democracy at Work
- A Cure for Capitalism
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Capitalism as a system has spawned deepening economic crisis alongside its bought-and-paid-for political establishment. Neither serves the needs of our society. 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.
One key cause for this intolerable state of affairs is the lack of genuine democracy in our economy as well as in our politics. The solution requires the institution of genuine economic democracy, starting with workers managing their own workplaces, as the basis for a genuine political democracy.
Here, Richard D. Wolff lays out a hopeful and concrete vision of how to make that possible, addressing the many people who have concluded economic inequality and politics as usual can no longer be tolerated and are looking for a concrete program of action.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Carlos Rozo
- 02-04-2022
Idealistic and lacking balance
Falls quickly in the trap of presenting the problems of capitalism (which exist) without giving it any Credit for the development it has generated (which also exists), and comparing it to an untested utopia (close to socialism, but not quite it, it strips it from its negatives). In this context the utopia should seem very attractive, but the book does not achieve inspiring the reader to pursue such utopia.
It also romantizices the past (for example the - supposedly- wonderful living conditions in rural latinoamerica prior to the propaganda by the evil capitalists to immigrants to travel to the USA to break their backs to send remmitances) and assumes all workers to have similar interests and objectives, aligned to the well being of the companies they would work in if they only own the surpluses created.
In summary, lacks balance and that undermines an idea for a solution that, better studied and structured, may have merit.
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