A collections of essays in honour of Branko Horvat, an economist and social thinker of great international reputation from former Yugoslavia and nowadays Croatia. The essays deal with themes related to Horvat's own work, namely equality, social justice, employee participation, labour management,...

Economists have had little success in explaining the rarity of worker-controlled firms. This book provides case studies of such firms and surveys the available evidence on their design and behavior. It outlines a policy proposal to encourage employee buyouts of conventional firms