The 99 Percent Economy : How Democratic Socialism Can Overcome the Crises of Capitalism

We live in a time of crises - economic turmoil, workplace disempowerment, unresponsive government, environmental degradation, social disintegration, and international rivalry.In The 99 Percent Economy, Paul S. Adler, a leading expert on business management, argues that these crises are destined to deepen unless we radically transform our economy.But despair is not an option, and Adler provides a compelling alternative: democratic socialism.He argues that to overcome these crises we need to assert democratic control over the management of both individual enterprises and the entire national economy.To show how that would work, he draws on a surprising source of inspiration: the strategic management processes of many of our largest corporations.In these companies, the strategy process promises to involve and empower workers and to ensure efficiency and innovation.In practice, this promise is rarely realized, but in principle, that process could be consolidated within enterprises and it co