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Markets, planning and democracy : essays after the collapse of communism

Prychitko, David L. - 2002

pt. 1. The possibility of economic democracy : self-managed socialism versus the self-managed firm -- pt. 2. Capitalism …

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How markets work : supply, demand and the 'real world'

Prasch, Robert E. - 2008

An accessible and enjoyable look at the way the market REALLY works! How Markets Work presents a new and refreshing introduction to elementary economics. The venerable theory of supply and demand is reconstituted upon plausible and defensible assumptions concerning human nature, the law, and the...

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Cooperatives, economic democratization and rural development

Bijman, Jos (contributor); Muradian, Roldan (contributor); … - 2016

Agricultural cooperatives and producer organizations are institutional innovations which have the potential to reduce poverty and improve food security. This book presents a raft of international case studies, from developing and transition countries, to analyse the internal and external...

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A new model of socialism : democratising economic production

Jossa, Bruno - 2018

cooperative movement -- 5. Recent criticisms of the labour theory off value: the democratic firm and Marxism -- 6. Further …-managed firm and socialism -- 9. The evolution of socialism from utopia to scientific producer cooperative economics -- 10. The … theory to hypothesise that capitalism is not a democratic system, and that a modern socialist system of producer cooperatives …

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Research handbook on sustainable co-operative enterprise : case studies of organisational resilience in the co-operative business model

Mazzarol, Tim (ed.); Reboud, Sophie (ed.); … - 2014

pt. I. Theoretical foundations -- pt. II. Organisational transformation -- pt. III. Best practice in co-operative …

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Cooperative enterprise : facing the challenge of globalization

Zamagni, Stefano - 2010

This eloquent book analyses the theory of the cooperative form of enterprise from an historic perspective, whilst …1. Introduction -- 2. The birth of cooperative enterprise : where, when, how -- 3. What is a cooperative? -- 4. The … development of cooperation in the world -- 5. The cooperative movement in Italy -- 6. The economic performance of cooperative …

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Thorstein Veblen and the revival of free market capitalism

Knoedler, Janet T. (contributor); … - 2007

1. The place of science in society : progress, pragmatism, pluralism -- 2. Thorstein Veblen on the origins and meaning of private property -- 3. Capital and the modern corporation -- 4. Pecuniary institutions : their role and effects -- 5. Veblen's missing theory of markets and exchange, or, Can...

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Pioneers of industrial organization : how the economics of competition and monopoly took shape

Jong, H. W. de (contributor); … - 2007

This encyclopaedic work celebrates the scores of leading pioneers who created the modern economic field of industrial organization, at the heart of which lie competition and monopoly, the two great forces that drive modern markets. Their pioneering work has shaped the field's growing research as...

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Constructing a market economy : diverse paths from central planning in Asia and Europe

Pomfret, Richard W. T. - 2002

During the 1990s over two dozen countries in Europe and Asia underwent a transition from centrally planned to more market-oriented economies. In Constructing a Market Economy, Richard Pomfret reviews their diverse experiences and assesses the outcome of transition in each case. The book includes...

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Competition, diversity and economic performance : processes, complexities and ecological similarities

Tisdell, Clement A. - 2013

capitalism : the driving force of business innovation -- Reasons for business diversity and their economic importance …

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