RSA Animate - Crises of Capitalism

In this RSA Animate, celebrated academic David Harvey looks beyond capitalism towards a new social order. Can we find a more responsible, just, and humane economic system?
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[Jason Jasonson]

this guy is basing his entire talk on a flawed concept of "capitalism"... he is arguing against corporate fascism....

[eragon bacili]

what its the name of the software you used for this video..

i appreciate your help

thank you

[Pomme De Confiance]

Capitalism has no corruption. But at the same time there is a lot of irrational behavior and monopoly that occurs which makes employees get payed lower wages

[hapspir]

More likely, if people have no talent to sell it is the fault of our government-run educational system.

You say that people have a right to a share of technology? I dare you to walk up to someone and take their iPad. Then claim that you have more of a right to it than they do. You might want to take it from someone who is very frail or perhaps in a wheelchair.

[Janos Abel]

You said, in essence, that people choose to work for an employer because they earn "much more"...

I suppose you also talk of "talents" meaning marketable skill. This is where the difference in our respective views lie.

You probably believe also that if people have no "talent" to sell, it is their own fault (probably due to feckless laziness).

I say that people have a right to a share of the things produced by technology. I trust you are familiar with the literature detailing this economic model.

[Janos Abel]

"Income tax is still a 'temporary' tax - it expires each year on 5 April and Parliament has to reapply it by an annual Finance Act. For up to four months until the Finance Act becomes law, the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1913 ensures that taxes can still be demanded."

Yes, I am opposed to taking, with menaces, the legitimate earnings of people. However, governance of a complex society can be funded by tapping streams of unearned income.

[claverjoe]

Corporate fascism IS capitalism's stable equilibrium.

[gingerfeest]

Go back to Keynes? When did we ever leave?

[BeardedSailor1]

your a great drawer

[blackmarket76]

Get the governments and the vatican pedo corporations on trial.