The Economics of Worker Cooperatives (The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series, 276)

By John H. Pencavel

The economics of worker cooperatives is a branch of economic inquiry with a long and esteemed pedigree, dating at least from the work of John Stuart Mill in the mid-nineteenth century. Since then, leading economists have paid intermittent attention to the topic, but the collapse of state-sponsored socialism in Eastern Europe and growing discontent with loosely-fettered capitalism have resulted in a resurgence of interest in worker co-operatives as a method of enhancing productivity and reducing income inequalities without heavy government regulation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781005338
• ISBN13: 9781781005330
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.5" x 7.0"