On his book The Rise of the Working-Class Shareholder: Labor’s Last Best Weapon
Cover Interview of June 03, 2018
Lastly
Everyone is trying to come up with ideas on how to reinvent
labor in the twenty-first century. I hope my book will make the use of working-class
shareholder power a core part of that discussion. I hope union leaders will
invest in it. I hope progressives will rally to protect and defend the pensions
that enable this power. I hope that policymakers will think carefully about how
to nourish the deployment of capital by workers for workers. I hope that
students might consider this work for a career. I also hope it will influence
academics and others to think carefully and strategically about how to reshape
markets from within.
Lastly
Everyone is trying to come up with ideas on how to reinvent labor in the twenty-first century. I hope my book will make the use of working-class shareholder power a core part of that discussion. I hope union leaders will invest in it. I hope progressives will rally to protect and defend the pensions that enable this power. I hope that policymakers will think carefully about how to nourish the deployment of capital by workers for workers. I hope that students might consider this work for a career. I also hope it will influence academics and others to think carefully and strategically about how to reshape markets from within.