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A worker co-operative is a firm that is owned and managed by those who work in it. This paper provides a selective review of research in economics on worker cooperatives. It concentrates on the volatility of earnings and employment in the co-ops compared with conventional capitalist firms; on...
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Diese Arbeit setzt sich mit der These auseinander, dass die Demokratisierung der Wirtschaft die Schlüsselaufgabe unserer Zeit sei und wie dieser Demokratisierungsprozess gestaltet werden kann. Die Gesellschaft ist strukturiert in autonomer Selbststeuerung und integriert in übergeordnete...
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A worker co-operative is a firm that is owned and managed by those who work in it. This paper provides a selective review of research in economics on worker cooperatives. It concentrates on the volatility of earnings and employment in the co-ops compared with conventional capitalist firms; on...
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Modern economies deprive workers of natural democratic rights and any share of the surplus they produce, with most of the benefits of growth appropriated by capital owners. Worker wellbeing and job satisfaction are ignored unless they contribute directly to profitability, while precarious...
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While most working people are in employment, there is little realisation that this relationship is inefficient and inequitable due to mis-aligned incentives - employers, as residual claimants, have an incentive to elicit greater than socially optimal effort from workers, thus generating conflict...
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