Liberalism and the Case for the Democratic Entreprise: A Comment on Bowles and Gintis

D. Corbett

Department of Economics Working Papers from Department of Economics, Williams College

Abstract: Must consistent liberals regard the firm as a public institution and hold it accountable to democratic norms? Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis have recently tried to establish this conclusion on the basis of a critique of the Walrasian analysis of labour market. This essay endeavors to show, however, that bowles and Gintis fail to make a persuasive case for the democratic entreprise because thay overestimate the importance of Walrasian analysis of liberalism.

Keywords: PUBLIC SECTOR; LABOUR MARKET (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J40 J45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 1996
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