Democracy At Work

Richard D. Wolff is a American economist, well-known for his work on Marxist economics, economic methodology and class analysis.Wolff received his Ph.D. in economics from Yale University in 1969. Wolff taught at the City College of New York from 1969-1973, and teaches graduate seminars and undergraduate courses and direct dissertation research in economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.He has authored numerous articles and books and has given many public lectures at colleges and universities (Notre Dame, University of Missouri, Washington College, Franklin and Marshall College, New York University, etc.) to community and trade union meetings, in high schools, etc. He also maintains an extensive schedule of media interviews (on many independent radio stations such as KPFA in Berkeley, KPFK in Los Angeles, WBAI in New York, National Public Radio stations, the Real News Network, the Glenn Beck Show, and so on).

“Probably America’s most prominent Marxist economist.”—New York Times Magazine“Imagine a country where the majority of the population reaps the majority of the benefits for their hard work, creative ingenuity, and collaborative efforts. Imagine a country where corporate losses aren't socialized, while gains are captured by an exclusive minority. Imagine a country run as a democracy, from the bottom up, not a plutocracy from the top down. Richard Wolff not only imagines it, but in his compelling, captivating and stunningly reasoned new book, Democracy at Work, he details how we get there from here — and why we absolutely must.”—Nomi Prins, Author of It Takes a Pillage and Black Tuesday"Richard Wolff is the leading socialist economist in the country. This book is required reading for anyone concerned about a fundamental transformation of the ailing capitalist economy!" - Cornel West"Ideas of economic democracy are very much in the air, as they should be,with increasing urgency in the midst of today's serious crises. Richard Wolff'sconstructive and innovative ideas suggest new and promising foundations formuch more authentic democracy and sustainable and equitable development,ideas that can be implemented directly and carried forward. A very valuablecontribution in troubled times." —Noam Chomsky“Bold, thoughtful, transformative—a powerful and challenging vision of that takes us beyond both corporate capitalism and state socialism. Richard Wolff at his best!”—Gar Alperovitz, author of America Beyond Capitalism; Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy, University of MarylandPraise for Capitalism Hits the Fan (book and DVD)“With unerring coherence and unequaled breadth of knowledge, Rick Wolff offers a rich and much needed corrective to the views of mainstream economists and pundits. It would be difficult to come away from this... with anything but an acute appreciation of what is needed to get us out of this mess.”—Stanley Aronowitz, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Urban Education, City University of New York

• Introduction: What is to be Done?1. The Solution: Worker Self-Directed Enterprises (WSDEs)2. WSDE’s functioning within a modern capitalist economy3. WSDE’s as the better solution to the problems of modern private capitalism 4. WSDE’s as the key to a new socialism for the 21st century5. A practical program today for WSDE’s