Peter Georgescu, Chair Emeritus of Young & Rubicam, is an outspoken proponent of stakeholder value as the guiding principle for21st Century corporate governance. In the 1980s, free enterprise capitalism was hijacked by the theory and practice of shareholder primacy. Georgescu walks us through how this happened and the consequences from the perspective of someone who served at the helm of the preeminent global marketing communications firm.

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Bau Graves, former Executive Director of Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music, and Reggio "the Hoofer" McLaughlin, a 2021 National Heritage Fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts, discuss the life and times of musicians and other performing artists as gig workers.

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Martin Kenney from UC-Davis and John Zysman, Professor Emeritus from UC-Berkeley share their thoughts and research about the era of the platform economy.  What is the platform economy and how is it manifested?  What are some of the common business strategies? What are the consequences for workers? For Mainstreet businesses? What are possible policy actions that can level the playing field for workers and non-platform businesses?

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