Mondragon: An Economic Analysis

Business & Money

Logan, Chris

Thomas, Henk

Economics

Unwin Hyman

<p>ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF BASQUE COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN SPAIN, Summarises the history and organization of Mondragon (a cooperative in Spain's Basque Province's), and makes an in-depth analysis of its economic aspects, including employment creation and manpower planning, the raising of financial resources and planning of investments, problems of earnings differentials, and the incentives that can be derived from worker-ownership. 218pp</p>

Mondragon

Mondragon: An Economic Analysis (Routledge Library Editions: Employee Ownership and Economic Democracy)

This book, first published in 1982, summarises the history and organisation of the group of co-operatives centred in Mondragon. The study makes an in-depth analysis of its economic aspects, including employment creation and manpower planning, the raising of financial resources and planning of investments, problems of earnings differentials, and the incentives that can be derived from worker-ownership. In particular, the authors examine the operation of the self-management system and Mondragon’s production efficiently.

Mondragon (Routledge Library Editions: Employee Ownership and Economic Democracy)

Routledge

Auroville, an international township in South India, was founded in 1968. A small group of pioneers on a heavily eroded plateau, close to the Bay of Bengal near Pondicherry, set out to reforest the barren land and create a new socio-economic, ecological and spiritual habitat with a vision to build “a city the Earth needs”. For years later, a vibrant community of almost 2,000 people from 43 nations had emerged, providing employment to some 4,000 men and women from nearby villages. Meanwhile, they had reforested thousands of acres of land, built homes, health centres and schools, developed organic farms, experimented with renewable energy and cost-effective building technologies, reached out to the neighbouring villages, and set up a plethora of businesses and services. This book is the result of 15 years of research on Auroville’s economy. It outlines the principles envisaged by its founders, traces its history over the past four decades, investigates the growth of employment opportunities, offers a window on its economic activities through case interviews, and analyses the performance of its commercial and services domains. It also gauges Auroville’s sustainability as a model of durable socio-economic development “for people and Earth”, and as an antidote for the all-pervading impact of global capitalism.

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