A Labor Union’s Assessment of the Organizational Structure and Overall Benefits of a CCE
Reference code: C25-04 Commons Capitalism Entities, or CCEs, present a deliberate redesign of firm incentives and ownership structure. Rather than permitting outside investors or executives to extract surplus, these entities hold surplus in an internal commons structure and allocate it primarily to three purposes: premium wages for workers, broad employer-funded benefits modeled on Nordic systems, […]
A Concise Summary of Commons Capitalism
Reference code: C25-02 Commons Capitalism reframes how businesses capture and distribute economic surplus. It’s neither a return to laissez-faire shareholder capitalism nor a revival of worker cooperatives; instead, it proposes a third institutional form designed to anchor corporate surplus within a collectively governed “commons” while preserving managerial structures and expansion capabilities. Core idea At its […]
Commons Capitalism Entities and Workers’ Cooperatives: Working Together for a Better Society
Reference code: C25-01 Economist Richard Wolff has proposed replacing traditional corporations with workers’ cooperatives (“coops” for short). More specifically, he advocates for Workers’ Self-Directed Enterprises (WSDEs). These organizations aim to distribute wealth, particularly net profits, across a broader economic class of worker-owners, thereby reducing the concentration of capital among a small group of individuals. These […]