16min chapter

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Conservative socialism?

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

Restoring Balance in Markets and Supporting Workers

The speaker explores the concept of countervailing power and its importance in improving market conditions and worker rights. They discuss examples of countervailing power, such as collective bargaining by labor unions and bulk price negotiations by large retailers. The chapter also emphasizes the need for government intervention and suggests measures like sectoral bargaining and restoring the Wagner Act to enhance workplace democracy.

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