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… — Richard D. Wolff Copy Share Image
The capitalist workplace is one of the most profoundly undemocratic institutions on the face of the Earth. Workers have no say over decisions affecting them. If workers sat on the board of directors of democratically operated self-managed enterprises, they wouldn't… — Richard D. Wolff Copy Share Image
The more successful capitalists are in cutting their wage costs, the less money workers will have to buy back what those same capitalists produce.… — Richard D. Wolff Copy Share Image
The word "collective" is not so often used because it has been basically used by socialists and communists and has a different history. The… — Richard D. Wolff Copy Share Image
A cooperative enterprise is the key alternative to a traditional capitalist enterprise. All the workers, whatever they do inside an enterprise, have to be… — Richard D. Wolff Copy Share Image
“All words that are important in history have been picked up and used by all kind of characters, for all kinds of reasons.” — Richard D. Wolff Copy Share Image
Moving to a cooperatively organized enterprise is one of the best ways to really do something about unequal distribution of wealth. — Richard D. Wolff Copy Share Image
The capitalist workplace is one of the most profoundly undemocratic institutions on the face of the Earth. Workers have no say over decisions affecting… — Richard D. Wolff Copy Share Image
If you lived with a roommate as unstable as this economic system, you would’ve moved out or demanded that your roommate get professional help. — Richard D. Wolff Copy Share Image
“If Americans actually understood the structure of our taxes, they would not only become angry, they might also find our economic and political systems… — Richard D. Wolff Copy Share Image
Nothing would more quickly and definitively reduce U.S. income inequality than allowing every worker in all businesses to participate in deciding the range of… — Richard D. Wolff Copy Share Image
“the market has been anthropomorphized. It is not created by us but creates us. That's what the market distates. If Jesus can talk to… — Richard D. Wolff Copy Share Image
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… — Richard D. Wolff Copy Share Image
