Democracy And Efficiency In The Economic Enterprise

Author : Ugo Pagano,Bob Rowthorn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2002-03-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134800483

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Democracy and Efficiency in the Economic Enterprise by Ugo Pagano,Bob Rowthorn Pdf

The collapse of central planning was hailed as evidence of the economic and moral superiority of capitalism over any possible alternative. The essays in this book challenge that claim. The case for more democratic forms of enterprise management is considered from a variety of viewpoints. One chapter deals with the philosophical justification for enterprise democracy. The remaining chapters are devoted to the question of efficiency, which has been central to economic debates about ownership and control. The orthodox belief amongst economists is that any shift to more democratic forms of enterprise control would be unworkable. The essays in this book provide a thorough theoretical and empirical critique of this orthodoxy.

Author : Samuel Bowles,Herbert Gintis,Bo Gustafsson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1993-07-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521432235

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Markets and Democracy by Samuel Bowles,Herbert Gintis,Bo Gustafsson Pdf

This book asks whether a modern, efficient economy can be rendered democratically accountable, and, if so, what strategic changes might be required to regulate the market- based interaction of economic agents. The contributors bring contemporary microeconomic theory to bear in an attempt to find a progressive replacement to traditional state socialism. Various approaches to the study of economic interaction are considered in an attempt to understand the relationship between power and efficiency in market economies.

Author : B. Fryzel,P. Dembinski
Publisher : Springer
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230283138

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The Role of Large Enterprises in Democracy and Society by B. Fryzel,P. Dembinski Pdf

Uses both political and democratic studies perspectives as well as economic, philosophical and managerial to provide a practical insight into the issues like the extensive economic power of large enterprises and changing balance of power between public and private sector, regulation and the governance of large private entities.

Author : Robert A. Dahl
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780520341166

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A Preface to Economic Democracy by Robert A. Dahl Pdf

Tocqueville pessimistically predicted that liberty and equality would be incompatible ideas. Robert Dahl, author of the classic A Preface to Democratic Theory, explores this alleged conflict, particularly in modern American society where differences in ownership and control of corporate enterprises create inequalities in resources among Americans that in turn generate inequality among them as citizens. Arguing that Americans have misconceived the relation between democracy, private property, and the economic order, the author contends that we can achieve a society of real democracy and political equality without sacrificing liberty by extending democratic principles into the economic order. Although enterprise control by workers violates many conventional political and ideological assumptions of corporate capitalism as well as of state socialism. Dahl presents an empirically informed and philosophically acute defense of "workplace democracy." He argues, in the light of experiences here and abroad, that an economic system of worker-owned and worker-controlled enterprises could provide a much better foundation for democracy, political equality, and liberty than does our present system of corporate capitalism.

Author : Robin Hahnel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135953768

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Economic Justice and Democracy by Robin Hahnel Pdf

In Economic Justice and Democracy, Robin Hahnel puts aside most economic theories from the left and the right (from central planning to unbridled corporate enterprise) as undemocratic, and instead outlines a plan for restructuring the relationship between markets and governments according to effects, rather than contributions. This idea is simple, provocative, and turns most arguments on their heads: those most affected by a decision get to make it. It's uncomplicated, unquestionably American in its freedom-reinforcement, and essentially what anti-globalization protestors are asking for. Companies would be more accountable to their consumers, polluters to nearby homeowners, would-be factory closers to factory town inhabitants. Sometimes what's good for General Motors is bad for America, which is why we have regulations in the first place. Though participatory economics, as Robert Heilbronner termed has been discussed more outside America than in it, Hahnel has followed discussions elsewhere and also presents many of the arguments for and against this system and ways to put it in place.

Author : Edwin Griswold Nourse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Democracy
ISBN : UOM:39015039418598

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Democracy as a Principle of Business Appendix B of the Forthcoming Book Price-making in a Democracy by Edwin Griswold Nourse Pdf

Author : Edwin Griswold Nourse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Free enterprise
ISBN : UCAL:$B87846

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Free Enterprise, Price Policy, and Democracy by Edwin Griswold Nourse Pdf

Author : Harold Macmillan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Democracy
ISBN : UCAL:$B672262

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The Middle Way by Harold Macmillan Pdf

Author : Brookings Institution
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Democracy
ISBN : MINN:31951002209127E

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Pamphlet Series ... by Brookings Institution Pdf

Author : R. Cecil Cragg
Publisher : Ryerson P.
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Canada
ISBN : UCAL:$B89381

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Canadian Democracy and the Economic Settlement by R. Cecil Cragg Pdf

Author : Gregory K. Dow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2003-02-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521522218

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Governing the Firm by Gregory K. Dow Pdf

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Author : Bruno Jossa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317963165

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Producer Cooperatives as a New Mode of Production by Bruno Jossa Pdf

The notion that there is no alternative to capitalism emerged after the fall of the Berlin Wall and made rapid headway due to increasing economic globalisation. More recently, this belief that there is no viable alternative has held firm despite the financial crisis, high unemployment levels and an ever-increasing gap between rich and poor. However, since the appearance of Benjamin Ward’s seminal 1958 article, economic theorists have been developing a workable alternative: a system of self-managed firms. The core argument outlined in this book is that a well-organised system of producer cooperatives would give rise to a new mode of production and, ultimately, a genuinely socialist society. This argument is developed through three key steps. First, following on from Jaroslav Vanek’s definition, it is argued that a ‘Labour-Managed Firm’, a firm which strictly segregates capital incomes from labour incomes, would implement a new production mode because it would reverse the pre-existing relation between capital and labour. Second, given that a system of these ‘Labour-Managed Firm’ cooperatives would reverse the capital-labour relationship, it is suggested that this would constitute a form of market socialism. Third, it is argued that compared to capitalism a system of producer cooperatives offers a wealth of advantages, including the potential for efficiency gains, the eradication of unemployment and the end of exploitation. Ultimately, this book concludes that self-management could take the place of central planning in Marxist visions for the future.

Author : Ilkka Kärrylä
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030806316

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Democracy and the Economy in Finland and Sweden since 1960 by Ilkka Kärrylä Pdf

This book explores the relationship between democracy and the economy in contemporary political thought and policy-making. Using the concepts of economic, industrial and enterprise democracy, the author focuses on the history of Finland and Sweden during the latter part of the twentieth century. The three concepts are discussed in relation to various political groups, such as social democrats, conservatives and liberals, and the reforms that they were associated with, painting a picture of changing economic thought in the Nordic countries, and the West more generally. Arguing that the concept of democracy has evolved from representative parliamentary democracy towards ‘participation’ in civil society, this book demonstrates how the ideal of individual freedom and choice has surpassed collective decision-making. These shared characteristics between Finland, Sweden and other Western countries challenge the view that the Nordic countries have been exceptional in resisting neoliberalism. In fact, as this book shows, neoliberalism has been influential to the Nordics since the 1970s. Offering an innovative and conceptual perspective on European political history, this book will appeal to scholars interested in Nordic political history and modern European history more generally.

Author : Gregory K. Dow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107132979

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The Labor-Managed Firm by Gregory K. Dow Pdf

This book uses economic theory to argue that worker-controlled firms are rare due to market failures rather than inherent organizational defects. The book will be of interest to scholarly researchers, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates in economics, especially in industrial organization, labor economics, comparative economics, organizational economics, and finance.

Author : Andrew Johnston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139485302

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EC Regulation of Corporate Governance by Andrew Johnston Pdf

Andrew Johnston examines EC regulation of national corporate governance systems through the lenses of economic theory and reflexive governance. By contrasting the normative demands of the neoclassical 'agency' model with those of the productive coalition model, he shows how their incompatibility required political compromise. Reflexive governance theory is then used to explain how progress has been possible. Through detailed analysis of both case law and positive regulation, the author highlights the move from positive to negative integration; the benefits as well as the limits of regulatory competition; and the significant role of reflexive techniques in both preventing market failure and enabling positive integration to proceed. The workable compromise that has emerged between market integration and continued regulatory diversity at national level demonstrates that procedural regulation can steer autonomous social subsystems towards greater responsibility and a better articulation of the public good.