"If you think of yourself as a "worker" you right away understand that you're a worker and somebody else is a boss. It's an identity that explains and contains in it the differences amongst us. "Consumer" doesn't work like that, because the boss consumes and the employee consumes. And this is an attempt to say we're all in it together.... So "worker" is an identity in our society that leads you right to understand differences. "Consumer" tries to erase all of that." - Richard Wolff This is a clip from Economic Update: A "Living Wage" [S11 E21] Watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GefK8... ______________________________________________________________________________________ We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Please consider supporting our work. Become an EU patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/economicupdate Become a monthly donor via our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate _______________________________________________________________________________________ Learn more about Prof Wolff's NEW BOOK, "The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself" Now also available as an eBook! www.democracyatwork.info/books “A blueprint for how we got here, and a plan for how we will rescue ourselves.” - Chris Hedges, American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, New York Times best-selling author Check out Prof. Wolff's other books "Understanding Socialism" and "Understanding Marxism" http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/democra... _________________________________________________________________________________________ Want to help us translate and transcribe our videos? Learn about joining our translation team: http://bit.ly/2J2uIHH Jump right in: http://bit.ly/2J3bEZR Follow us ONLINE: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/economicupdate Websites: http://www.democracyatwork.info/econo... http://www.rdwolff.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EconomicUpdate http://www.facebook.com/RichardDWolff http://www.facebook.com/DemocracyatWrk Twitter: http://twitter.com/profwolff http://twitter.com/democracyatwrk Instagram: http://instagram.com/democracyatwrk Subscribe to our podcast: http://economicupdate.libsyn.com Shop our Store: http://bit.ly/2JkxIfy
