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“A cooperative enterprise is the key alternative to a traditional capitalist enterprise. All the workers, whatever they do inside an enterprise, have to be able to participate in collectively arriving at the decisions about what, how, where to produce, and what to do with the profits in a democratic way. One person, one vote should decide how these things are done.”

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Richard D. Wolff

Richard D. Wolff is an American economist renowned for his application of Marxist economics and analysis of capitalist economic crises. His contributions to the field of economics include labor theory of value, the theory of surplus value, and theories of economic crises. Born on April 1, 1942, Wolff has served as a professor of economics at various universities. more

“One summer I was homeless in L.A., when I was about fifteen, and I used to go to the library to get books. I would have books in abandoned cars, in the seats, cubby holes on the L.A. River, just to have books wherever I could keep them, I just loved to have books. And that really helped me. I didn't realize it was going to be my destiny; I didn't know I was going to be a writer.”

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Author:Luis J. Rodriguez

“The word "collective" is not so often used because it has been basically used by socialists and communists and has a different history. The word "cooperative" means the workplace itself is organized cooperatively, rather than in the conventional capitalistic, hierarchical form.”

Mean Has Beens Different Form Used Organized Collectives Communist Conventional Workplace Cooperatives

Author:Richard D. Wolff

“Nobody had books at home. My dad was a very educated person, so he would have books at home. All Spanish books. That helped. Most of my homies had no books at home.”

Persons Book Home Dad My Dad Educated Educated Person Homies

Author:Luis J. Rodriguez

“In America, we debate everything except capitalism. If there's an institution in your society that's above criticism, you're giving it a free pass to indulge all of its weaknesses and darker tendencies.”

Ifs Giving America Dark Society Weakness Capitalism Criticism Institutions Debate Tendencies Indulge Criticise

Author:Richard D. Wolff