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David Ellerman: Neo-Abolitionism: Abolishing Human Rentals in Favor of Workplace Democracy

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  • Ermanno C. Tortia

    (Department of Economics and Management, University of Trento; Euricse, Trento (Italy))

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This is a review of Professor David Ellerman’s book Neo-Abolitionism: Abolishing Human Rentals in Favor of Workplace Democracy, a recent book that is the result of several decades of the author’s theoretical elaboration. The book deals with the reintroduction of jurisprudence in basic microeconomic theory and reinterpretation of its basic categories in terms of “property and contracts” and as opposed to the standard neoclassical treatment that proposes a stylized deductive analysis of productivity sets and marginal factor productivity in the context of a competitive economic system. Although his theses on inalienable rights, human agency, and labour control are highly controversial and may be debated or rejected by many commentators embracing more traditional approaches, they are in any case an impetus for innovating academic research as they require new conceptual tools and elaboration.

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  • Ermanno C. Tortia, 2021. "David Ellerman: Neo-Abolitionism: Abolishing Human Rentals in Favor of Workplace Democracy," Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity, European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises, vol. 10(2), pages 77-82.
    • Handle: RePEc:trn:csnjrn:v:10:i:2:p:77-82
    DOI: 10.5947/jeod.2021.011
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    Keywords

    Human rentals; Labour theory of property; Inalienable rights; Employee ownership;
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    JEL classification:

    • J54 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Producer Cooperatives; Labor Managed Firms
    • K11 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Property Law
    • K12 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Contract Law
    • K31 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Labor Law
    • P13 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Cooperative Enterprises
    • P14 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Property Rights

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