Labour Managed Firms and Post-Capitalism

Bruno Jossa has held teaching posts at the Universities of Pescara, Messina, Venice and Naples. He is a co-founder of the Associazione italiana per lo studio dei sistemi economici comparati, an association which he chaired in 1992-93. From 1994 to 2005 he was Chairman of the Associazione per la collaborazione tra gli economisti di lingue neolatine. Prizes received by Professor Jossa include the V ISTECOR European Culture Award (1991), the ‘Saint Vincent’ Award (1998) and, in 2011, the F. Nitti gold medal of the Accademia dei Lincei.

• Introduction 1 Historical materialism and democratic firm management 2 A system of producer cooperatives 3 Democratic firm management and socialism 4 More advantages of a system of democratic firms 5 Unemployment in a system of producer cooperatives 6 Democratic socialism and income distribution 7 Cooperative firms as a new mode of production 8 An in-depth analysis of the links between producer cooperativesn and socialism 9 Self-driven economic growth and Darwinism 10 The democratic firm and the transition to socialism 11 Corporate limited liability as a springboard for socialism 12 The democratic firm and ‘passive revolution’ 13 A few reflections on the reasons why cooperative firms have failed to gain a firm foothold 14 Democratic firm management and the role of the State in capitalism versus socialism