Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century
As illustrated in my book, Corporate Empathy, capitalism is maturing. While corporations increasingly find purpose and operate with passion, governments and non-profits struggle to remain relevant and solvent. Sustainable business, social enterprise and millennial entrepreneurs are destroying the walls that separate traditional institutions. When corporations fully capitalize on the economic reality that being profitable can simultaneously be good for people and the planet, the funding – and need – for bloated regulation and inefficient philanthropy will shrink.
The computer revolution and digitization has profoundly influenced almost every aspect of our daily lives. Nearly every product, service and institution has been disrupted by technology. However, economic theory has remained largely unchanged by this massive digital revolution. Economists have successfully insulated themselves through the promotion of industrial age beliefs that disregard modern reality. Economists have hidden behind the respect given the philosophical giants of economic theory, without stepping back themselves, to take a philosophical look at human society at large.
Fortunately, the principles to guide us have been available since the early half of the last century. The industrialists and philosophers of the turn of the twentieth century laid the foundation for Unlocking the Labor Cage; which combines “together the powers of the most distant and dissimilar objects in the progress of society” for the twenty-first century.
#IndustrialAgeDetox On Medium
- 8/15/18 - Measuring Social Capital; Going Beyond GDP to Liberate the Global Economy
- 5/18/18 - Creative Ventures and Careers–‘a sort of public prostitution’
- 4/3/18 - Zuckerberg, Musk, and Cook–’Slaves of some defunct economist’
- 12/12/17 - America’s other ‘Bay Area’ poised to direct the knowledge economy
- 8/8/17 - People Are Not Labor
- 3/6/17 - Measuring Social Capital: Modern Metrics for the Digital Age
- 10/10/16 - Loosen GDP Stranglehold with a UGC Index
Project Links
- Economic Proposal: Unlocking the Labor Cage: Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century
- URL: LaborCage.com
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Appearances & Media
- 6/5/18 - TEDxAkron: #UpgradeEconomics with #SocialCapital Metrics
- 5/1/18 - FDI Alliance International: Contributor
- 4/9/18 - Leadership Done Right: Podcast Episode #45
- 2/28/18 - TEDxAkron to Include Economist Vinny Tafuro
- 2/14/18 - Tampa Bay Startup Week: 1 Million Social Enterprises
- 2/7/18 - 1 Million Cups St Petersburg at the St Pete Greenhouse
- 1/31/18 - 1 Million Cups Tampa at the ECC Ybor City
- 1/23/18 - The Wake.Show with Chris Fisher
- 1/12/18 - Leadercast Power Lunch at The Attic Cafe
- 11/14/17 - Vinny Tafuro featured in Innovate Tampa Bay, Volume 1
- 10/17/17 - Author proposes pilot education project for adult learners
- 10/9/17 - Evening Tide Talks on TBAE Network
- 10/4/17 - Tide Talks Screening and European Economic Summits
- 7/10/17 - Expert Platform Podcast with Paul Miller
- 3/16/17- Fight Back Media Group: The Willie Lawson Show
- 3/6/17 - Measuring Social Capital: Modern Metrics for the Digital Age
- 2/15/17 - Florida Aquarium: Evening Tide Talks
- 10/10/16 - Loosen GDP Stranglehold with a UGC Index
- 8/16/16 - Book excerpt: Unlocking the Labor Cage by Vinny Tafuro
- 8/3/16 - WPRK Orlando: Punkonomics Interview with Vinny Tafuro
Testimonials
"Consumer trust of User Generated Content is paramount to the evolving landscape of advertising. Vinny Tafuro’s observations and proposal in Unlocking the Labor Cage for the ethical cultivation of UGC by corporations is both timely and wise." -- Wally Snyder, President Emeritus, American Advertising Federation
Book Excerpts
- Education’s Broken Contract
- The Gospel of Wealth, Administration
- User Generated Content as Human ‘Social’ Capital
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