The Citizen's Share : Putting Ownership Back into Democracy / Joseph R. Blasi, Douglas L. Kruse, Richard B. Freeman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blasi, Joseph R., Author.

Freeman, Richard B., Author.

Kruse, Douglas L., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employee ownership--United States.

Employee ownership.

Right of property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The idea of workers owning the businesses where they work is not new. In America's early years, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison believed that the best economic plan for the Republic was for citizens to have some ownership stake in the land, which was the main form of productive capital. This book traces the development of that share idea in American history and brings its message to today's economy, where business capital has replaced land as the source of wealth creation. Based on a ten-year study of profit sharing and employee ownership at small and large corporations, this important and insightful work makes the case that the Founders' original vision of sharing ownership and profits offers a viable path toward restoring the middle class. Blasi, Freeman, and Kruse show that an ownership stake in a corporation inspires and increases worker loyalty, productivity, and innovation. Their book offers history-, economics-, and evidence-based policy ideas at their best.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. The American Vision

2. Examples

3. Citizen Shares in the United States

4. How It Evolved

5. Evidence

6. The Road to Increasing the Citizen's Share

Epilogue

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300195064

0300195060

OCLC:

862745787