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Related: About this forumRobert Reich: Why is there no-lose socialism for the rich and cutthroat--
--hyper-capitalism for everyone else?http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/36650-venezuelan-banker-given-asylum-by-us-found-in-panama-papers
Because the rules of the game including labor laws, pension laws, corporate laws, and tax laws have been crafted by those at the top, and the lawyers and lobbyists who work for them.
Does that mean we have to await Bernie Sanderss political revolution (or, perish the thought, Donald Trumps authoritarian populism) before any of this is likely to change?
Before we go to the barricades, you should know about another CEO named Hamdi Ulukaya, whos developing a third model neither no-lose socialism for the rich nor hyper-capitalism for everyone else.
Ulukaya is the Turkish-born founder and CEO of Chobani, the upstart Greek yogurt maker recently valued at as much as $5 billion.
Last Tuesday Ulukaya announced hes giving all his 2,000 full-time workers shares of stock worth up to 10 percent of the privately held companys value when its sold or goes public, based on each employees tenure and role at the company.The Third Way: Share-the-Gains Capitalism
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Robert Reich: Why is there no-lose socialism for the rich and cutthroat-- (Original Post)
eridani
May 2016
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cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)1. The Agenda Is Always The Same - Enslave The 99% - Enrich The 1%
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Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)2. K&R for exposure. And for truth. eom
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)3. Rigged By The Criminals At The Top
No wonder they have created a police state. They fear their time is coming like it always eventually has throughout history.
d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)4. And the way this race is shaping up
It will still continue under two candidates not named Bernie Sanders.