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Week Three with guest Simon Johnson

Deadline Strike Talk

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The Conflict Between Capitalism and Workers

I don't think there's a downside from the point of view of productivity or creativity, I agree with what Billy has said and how he characterised it. There was a big shift in thinking in this country more broadly in the 1980s about capitalism. People thought that shareholder capitalism involves squeezing workers as much as you can. It doesn't, and it doesn't have to be, it didn't in the past, it's often very short-sighted, but it is unfortunately a prevailing ideology. And when I think about what we're actually fighting about in this strike,. it makes me want to fight like my hair is on fire, because this fight is about where are we going as a

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