Worker Capitalism

The Rise of Worker Capitalism | Cato Institute

The rise of history's first mass class of worker capitalists–men and women whose wealth‐ seeking activities include both wage earning and capital ownership.

Capitalism is failing. People want a job with a decent wage

Capitalism has delivered pretty well for most workers. Wages rose, hours fell, life (mostly) got better. Global poverty halved.

The End of the Capitalist-Worker Dichotomy and the Rise of a New ...

A new study, however, finds that the intersection between the top decile of capital-income recipients and labor-income earners is growing.

Is Capitalism Bad for Workers? | Stanford Graduate School of Business

If risk was indeed a key factor, labor's share of income at the average firm should have gone up, even as the aggregate share declined.

Can Employee Ownership Save Capitalism? - Forbes

The data show decisively that companies owned by employees grow faster and provide vastly more wealth to their employees and communities than those not owned ...

Worker Capitalism: The New Industrial Relations - Google Books

Worker Capitalism makes the case for a pragmatic, government-assisted program of worker and worker-community ownership of businesses as a means of economic ...

Can you still have capitalism with workers owning the means of ...

If the worker owns the means of production then they are the capitalist. Wherever they do the work is the factory. Whatever handshake agreement ...

Work, Wages, and Capitalism - Econlib

Dr. Stephen Davies is the Head of Education at the IEA. Previously he was program officer at the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) at George Mason University ...

Labor Unions & Capitalism - Georgetown Law

This paper explores the emergence of unions and their development throughout US history, analyzing their role in order to better understand both the current ...

"work hard, play hard" and how capitalism tricked us all

“work hard, play hard” was a badge of honor, a way to denote that you were a company of people who were having fun together.

What Is Capitalism: Varieties, History, Pros & Cons, Socialism

Capitalism is an economic system in which private individuals or businesses own capital goods. At the same time, business owners employ workers who receive ...

Workers, capitalists, and the government: fiscal policy and income ...

Abstract. We propose a novel two-agent New Keynesian model to study the interaction of fiscal policy and household heterogeneity in a tractable environment.

Employee ownership could be the future of capitalism–but it doesn't ...

Employee ownership could be the future of capitalism–but it doesn't work unless workers earn it · Customer engagement is the starting point ...

Capitalists, why should workers NOT own the means of production?

Workers own their labor. When they go to work for someone, they agree to trade their labor for an agreed upon wage. Workers do not own the ...

Empowering Workers Through Accountable Capitalism

Add your name if you agree. Giant corporations must focus more on the interests of their workers – not just their wealthy shareholders. ... Elizabeth has a plan ...

To Drive Change for Workers, Pull the Levers of Capitalism

It's time to build a comprehensive, transformative movement – using the levers of capitalism – to drive fundamental changes that boost the economy.

What is Capitalism? - A History of Domestic Work and Worker ...

Capitalists profit from the unpaid and underpaid domestic labor of women. Capitalists do not include the cost of keeping workers alive in the wages of workers.

The (In)conceivability of Real “Workers' Control” Under Capitalism

This paper argues that under capitalism and neoliberal globalization, with major organizational and technological transformations taking place in industries ...

Share capitalism and worker wellbeing - ScienceDirect.com

We find that the receipt of a range of group-performance schemes (profit shares, group bonuses and share ownership) is associated with higher job satisfaction.

Can employee ownership improve capitalism? - Fast Company

Research suggests employee ownership can decrease inequality and increase productivity but many obstacles still stand in the way.