Channel: RichardDWolff

Category: News & Politics

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Description: In this Wolff Responds, Prof. Wolff comments on the recent building collapse in Miami, Florida. Although we do not yet know what caused the accident, Wolff argues that the capitalist system imposes enormous negative incentives on the people that make decisions, often forcing building companies, engineers and maintenance corporations to cut corners and make choices and that have had deadly consequences Wolff Responds is a@Democracy At Work production. We provide these videos free of ads. Please consider supporting our work. Visit our website democracyatwork.info/donate or join our growing Patreon community and support Global Capitalism Live Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff at patreon.com/gcleu. ____________________________________________________________________________ Learn more about d@w's NEW BOOK by award-winning print and broadcast journalist Robert "Bob" Hennelly. Stuck Nation: Can the United States Change Course on Our History of Choosing Profits Over People? democracyatwork.info/books “Hennelly brilliantly analyzes our capitalist crises and how individuals cope with them, tragically but often heroically. He helps us draw inspiration and realistic hope from how courageous Americans are facing and fixing a stuck nation.” - Richard D. Wolff ____________________________________________________________________________ Follow Wolff ONLINE: Patreon: patreon.com/gcleu Web: rdwolff.com Twitter: twitter.com/profwolff Facebook: facebook.com/EconomicUpdate facebook.com/RichardDWolff facebook.com/DemocracyatWrk Subscribe to the EU podcast: economicupdate.libsyn.com Shop for EU merchandise: democracy-at-work-shop.myshopify.com