Radical Routes and Alternative Avenues

Sofa Gradin
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Sofa Gradin: School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

Review of Radical Political Economics, 2015, vol. 47, issue 2, 141-158

Abstract: In tumultuous times of financial crisis, capitalism is increasingly challenged as a desirable economic system. But are there any realistic alternatives to capitalism? Using theory and empirical research, this article offers one model of alternative business organization, focusing on not-for-profit cooperatives. If capitalism’s distinctive features are private property, profit, and (intra-market) competition, cooperatives can, if designed intelligently, function without these features.

Keywords: alternative; anti-capitalist; capitalism; cooperatives; non-hierarchical (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J54 L31 P13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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