This book presents a modern version of the old Labor (or Natural Rights) Theory of Property and of an Inalienable Rights Theory that descends from the Reformation and Enlightenment. Together these theories re-solve the basic problem of distribution in the sense of giving a basis for the just appropriation of property and a basis for answering the question of who is to be the firm, e.g., the suppliers of share capital as in conventional capital, the government as in socialism, or the people who work in the firm as in the system of economic democracy (or labor-managed market economies).
The Two Institutional Logics
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This paper, published in a Korean English-language journal, argued for the logic of commitment in the design of a firm rather than the logic of exit. The contrasts between these two logics is explored in many fields.
The Democratic Firm: An Argument based on Ordinary Jurisprudence
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This is an article in the Journal of Business Ethics treating a more fundamental topic than the usual fare on business ethics.
Brookings Conf. Paper on Workplace Democracy
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This is a paper on workplace democracy and the corporate governance debate which was prepared for a 1998 conference at the Brookings Institution. For some reason, it was never published.
Corporate Democracy Movement
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This article argues for democratizing the corporation and is oriented towards an industrial relations / labor union audience.
Zagreb Lecture Slides
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These are the slides from a lecture given at the Heinrich Boll Foundation in Zagreb in September 2012.
Workplace: Forgotten Topic in Democratic Theory?
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This paper explores the theme of workplace democracy as promoting human development by looking particularly at John Stuart Mill and John Dewey.
Human Development in the Post-Socialist Transition
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This paper in a philosophical journal looks at the post-socialist transition issues from the viewpoint of human development with special attention to teasing out some arguments from John Dewey.
Whither Self-Management?
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This is the published version of my keynote speech at the 2004 conference of the International Association for the Economics of Participation in Halifax Canada.
Property and Contract 1973
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This 1973 unpublished typescript was probably the first time my settled views on property theory were put into writing.