{"id":6016,"date":"2017-08-29T10:20:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T17:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=6016"},"modified":"2017-08-29T10:20:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T17:20:57","slug":"ted-talk-workers-companies-economy-resilient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2017\/08\/29\/ted-talk-workers-companies-economy-resilient\/","title":{"rendered":"TED talk:  When workers own companies, the economy is more resilient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/niki_okuk_when_workers_own_companies_the_economy_is_more_resilient\" width=\"854px\" height=\"480px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/code><br \/>\nAnother economic reality is possible &#8212; one that values community, sustainability and resiliency instead of profit by any means necessary. Niki Okuk shares her case for cooperative economics and a vision for how working-class people can organize and own the businesses they work for, making decisions for themselves and enjoying the fruits of their labor.<\/p>\n<p>This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxCrenshaw, an independent event. TED editors featured it among our selections on the home page.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SPEAKER<br \/>\nNiki Okuk \u00b7 Entrepreneur<br \/>\nNiki Okuk is working to create social and economic justice and worker dignity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another economic reality is possible &#8212; one that values community, sustainability and resiliency instead of profit by any means necessary. Niki Okuk shares her case for cooperative economics and a vision for how working-class people can organize and own the businesses they work for, making decisions for themselves and enjoying&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2017\/08\/29\/ted-talk-workers-companies-economy-resilient\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6016"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6017,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6016\/revisions\/6017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}