Economic Democracy.
All of the articles we have published under the tag Economic Democracy, beginning with the most recent.
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The Socialist Republic
Whatever the result of the Democratic Primaries, the Socialist Republicanism of Eugene V. Debs offers a way forward in conceptualising socialism as a politics of freedom.
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We’ll own it, kind of, maybe, one day: Nationalisation in the Labour Leadership Contest
Public ownership is popular, was a key feature of the last two manifestos and is necessary to address the ecological and regional crises. Only Rebecca Long-Bailey takes it seriously.
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Imagining New New Towns
Post-War New Towns were shaped by the contradictions in social democracy and then the destructive effects of neoliberalism, but New New Towns should be part of imagining new possibilities.
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To Each According to their Needs! On Labour's Universal Basic Services report.
John McDonnell's UBS report offers a potential framework for a revolution in the ways we conceive of and meet our needs.
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Democratising public ownership: Labour’s new consultation
Today, the Labour Party launches an official National Policy Forum consultation on the subject of democratic public ownership.
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Power to the people!
Defending Labours ambitious and potentially transformative agenda for reforming the economy—one with new, cutting edge forms of public ownership and economic democracy.
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When we go into government, we all go into government together
We have the potential to rewrite history if we understand the magnitude of the situation we find ourselves in.
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Ownership and Markets in Energy
The plans for partial re-nationalisation of energy in Labour's manifesto are too locally-oriented. Instead, we should embrace national planning of electricity through centralised ownership.
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Labour’s New Economics Conference: Part Seven, Jeremy Corbyn's Speech
This is the seventh (and final) part of our write-up and analysis of Labour’s New Economics Conference on alternative models of ownership.
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Labour’s New Economics Conference: Part Six, Plenary Session
This is the sixth part of our write-up and analysis of Labour’s New Economics Conference on alternative models of ownership.
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Labour’s New Economics Conference: Part Five, Local Democratic Economic Strategies
The fifth part of our write-up and analysis of Labour’s New Economics Conference on alternative models of ownership.
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Labour’s New Economics Conference: Part Four, Co-Operatives Session
The fourth part of our write-up and analysis of Labour’s New Economics Conference on alternative models of ownership.
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Labour’s New Economics Conference: Part Three, Housing Session
The third part of our write-up and analysis of Labour’s New Economics Conference on alternative models of ownership.
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Labour’s New Economics Conference: Part One, Introductory Session
The first part of our write-up and analysis of Labour’s New Economics Conference on alternative models of ownership.
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Labour’s New Economics Conference: Part Two, Digital Session
The second part of our write-up and analysis of Labour’s New Economics Conference on alternative models of ownership.
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The Meidner Funds: A Swedish Perspective on Alternative Models of Ownership
The Meidner funds, proposed in Sweden in the seventies, offer a potential complement to Labour's Alternative Models of Ownership report.
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Beyond Mere Policy Making: A Response to the IPPR's ‘Time for Change’ Report.
The IPPR, which describes itself as The Progressive Policy Think Tank, has launched the interim report of its Commission on Economic Justice, titled Time for Change: A New Vision for the British Economy.
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A Socialist Bank? Labour’s National Investment Bank Proposal
The Labour Manifesto proposes to establish a National Investment Bank and a network of regional development banks.
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Barely managing: on what’s missing from left political economy
There’s a difference between policies and power. If a left-wing party wants to turn its manifesto promises into political practice it needs to construct the capacity to do so.
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Full Corbynism: Constructing a new left Political Economy beyond Neoliberalism
Labour is now on a permanent war footing and is a realistic contender for office. As a result, the left must now get much more serious about policy and strategy.
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Labour's Alternative Models of Ownership Report
Our economy is clearly not working, and this report provides an indispensable analysis of why, situating present outcomes in fundamental structural flaws.