Economics Of Cooperation And The Labour Managed Economy

Discusses the theory of labour-managed firms or producers' cooperatives, and of economies companies principally of such firms.

Monograph comprising an evaluation of workers self management experiences in Peru and Yugoslavia - discusses the solutions to macroeconomics problems such as unequal income distribution, decision making on capital investment, and labour productivity within self-managed firms, etc., and considers micro and macro economic theory relating to efficiency and competition. Graphs and references.

Abdurakhmanov, K. Kh. Labour Economics. Theory and practice: textbook: / K.Kh. Abdurakhmanov Issues of labour economics and evolution of the economic views of Eastern thinkers, the process of attracting and using labour power, new forms of employment, the labour market, the economics of social and labour relations, organization and wages, incomes of workers, level and quality of life of the population, as well as the strategy of decent work in innovative conditions of economic development are considered in the textbook. For students of economic specialization of Central Asia studying in Europe and the United States and the widest range of readers interested in problems of Economics Republic of Uzbekistan. This book “Labour Economics: Theory and Practice” was presented at the International Conference This book “Labour Economics: Theory and Practice” was presented at the International Conference in 2019 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, with participation of Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Russian Federation as well as foreign countries Embassies, and in particular UK Ambassador in Tashkent, Uzbekistan Timothy Torlot. As it is known, during 25 years of independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan scientists and researchers have not had opportunity to exchange research, the latest scientific achievements and developments. Over the past 3 years new President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has fundamentally changed his approach to domestic and foreign policy of the country, due to which Central Asian region has entered a new stage in development of interactions in cultural and humanitarian cooperation. There arose a necessity of interaction between scientists to deepen cultural and humanitarian cooperation. Academician Kalandar Abdurakhmanov was the first who presented new generation textbook “Labor Economics: Theory and Practice” in Uzbek at international conference, and arose a great interest of international scientific community in this scientific work, as a result, the textbook was firstly translated from Uzbek into Russian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik and English. And it is planned to publish the textbook in Chinese, Japanese, Malaysian and Indonesian. It shows that scientists of new generation and format are represented in the Republic of Uzbekistan. In February 2019, the leading academic economist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Kalandar Abdurakhmanov presented the fundamental work in Uzbek language “Labor Economics, Theory and Practice”, devoted to modern issues of sustainable employment formation and strengthening the role of human resources in modern conditions of innovative development of the economy. During the International Conference “Plekhanov International Readings”, a global scientific conference held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 2019, after acquaintance of the scientific community with this textbook, an idea of rector of the Russian Economic University named after G.V. Plekhanova, Victor Grishin to publish the Uzbek textbook “Labor Economics. Theory and Practice” in the Russian Federation in Russian language was put forward. It should be noted that the scientific community of a number of Central Asian states also showed their interest in this publication. This is due to the fact that the new, revised and updated edition of the textbook “Labor Economics. Theory and practice” of academician Kalandar Abdurakhmanov is a fundamental work, covering the latest achievements of this science. Writing of this textbook is totally a new step in the direction of high qualified personnel training that is full with innovative changes on a global scale. The scientific community of a number of foreign countries also showed their interest in the publication, as University students in developed countries study the sciences of Labor economics and Modern Labor economics, which cover the most modern areas of labor economics theory. In the textbook academician Kalandar Abdurakhmanov takes into account all the latest achievements in this discipline. The author of the textbook is academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan Kalandar Abdurakhmanov has extensive experience in this field. Scientific monographs, textbooks and tutorials of the academician are published in the USA, Germany, France, Norway, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Finland, South Korea, Japan, Russia and other countries. Created on the basis of Tashkent State University of Economy and led by it, the scientific school “Labor Economics” is successfully engaged in scientific research on the problems of social and labor relations, studying aspects of improving personnel management, organizing remuneration, improving the mechanism of the labor market, employment issues, conducting scientific disputes, round tables, seminars and conferences on these topics with the participation of leading scientists and economists on labor issues of Uzbekistan. Priority areas have been approved as part of the activities of the scientific school scientific research for 2020-2021 on the preparation and publication of monographs, scientific collections. 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The textbook for the first time disclosed the theoretical aspects of not only Western leading economists, but also examined the evolutionary stages of the economic views of Eastern thinkers such as Abu Nasr al-Farabi, Muhammad Khorezmi, Abu Rayhon Biruni, Abu Ali ibn Sina (Avicenna), Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, Mirzo Ulugbek, Alisher Navoi, Amir Temur, Babur and many other geniuses, not only of Islamic, but also of world civilization.

Discusses the theory of labour-managed firms or producers' cooperatives, and of economies companies principally of such firms.

This book revolves around the idea that capitalism is not a democratic system and that a system of producer cooperatives, or democratically managed enterprises, gives rise to a new mode of production which is authentically socialist in essence and fully consistent with the ultimate rationale underlying Marx’s theoretical approach. The author argues that the cooperative firm system outlined in this book offers a rich array of non-economic benefits that justify its classification as a ‘genuinely socialist’ entity, with real potential for achieving true economic democracy.

The notion that there is no alternative to capitalism emerged after the fall of the Berlin Wall and made rapid headway due to increasing economic globalisation. More recently, this belief that there is no viable alternative has held firm despite the financial crisis, high unemployment levels and an ever-increasing gap between rich and poor. However, since the appearance of Benjamin Ward’s seminal 1958 article, economic theorists have been developing a workable alternative: a system of self-managed firms. The core argument outlined in this book is that a well-organised system of producer cooperatives would give rise to a new mode of production and, ultimately, a genuinely socialist society. This argument is developed through three key steps. First, following on from Jaroslav Vanek’s definition, it is argued that a ‘Labour-Managed Firm’, a firm which strictly segregates capital incomes from labour incomes, would implement a new production mode because it would reverse the pre-existing relation between capital and labour. Second, given that a system of these ‘Labour-Managed Firm’ cooperatives would reverse the capital-labour relationship, it is suggested that this would constitute a form of market socialism. Third, it is argued that compared to capitalism a system of producer cooperatives offers a wealth of advantages, including the potential for efficiency gains, the eradication of unemployment and the end of exploitation. Ultimately, this book concludes that self-management could take the place of central planning in Marxist visions for the future.

This book illustrates and discusses the major points of the economic theory of producer cooperatives, its evolution since the 1950s and links with Marxian theory. Most importantly, this book demonstrates that a system of producer cooperatives offers a wealth of advantages compared to capitalism. There is general agreement that the main benefit of this form of economic democracy is that people allowed to freely pursue their interests are happier than those acting on somebody else's instruction. The author argues that a system of democratic firms would eradicate classical (high-wage) unemployment and scale down both Keynesian and structural unemployment levels.

The book conducts a comparative study on the form of enterprise, focusing on broadly defined cooperative firms in comparison with conventional capitalist firms. It explores the essential advantages and disadvantages of the different types of firms and attempts to answer why capitalist firms are so prevalent in our economy. The book attempts to explain these questions from the viewpoint of "market failure" in the framework of standard microeconomic theory. In this analytical framework, it proposes an alternative system of business organization based upon consumer cooperatives and the market for their memberships, which can coexist consistently with the system of capitalist firms and the stock market within a single market economy. The existing studies of the cooperative sector have been rather ideological. The analytical framework that is presented in this book helps promote scientific exploration of cooperative and other types of firms, which are indispensable and potentially promising constituents of our society.

Monographic collection of papers on the economic policy of production cooperatives, profit sharing and workers participation as alternatives to traditional industrial structure - examines a cooperative sector in a mixed economy, workers self management in Yugoslavia, cooperation and labour productivity in Germany, Federal Republic, industrial cooperatives in the UK, theoretical aspects, etc., And includes discussion of practical arrangements. References.