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

Why HN readers recommended it

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

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Talks at Google

Topic

worker cooperatives

Format

lecture

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

6

HN mentions in dataset

8

Recommendation years in dataset

2017–2026

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From the original HN conversations

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• 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. …

• 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 …

• Suggested recently by Richard Wolff and many others before him: a possible solution out of this economy is worker coops aka democracy at work. [VIDEO]