People's capitalism : Stock ownership and production / by J. M. Budish in collaboration with Labor Research Association.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: A new pamphlet seriesPublication details: New York : International Publishers, 1958Description: 64 pages ; 21 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • HC 106.5 .B79 1958
Partial contents:
I. Ownership of U.S. corporations: Selling capitalism under a new label -- The Stock Exchange cornerstone -- Narrow ownership and control -- Institutional stockholdings -- Wall Street fins a "typical" shareholder.
II. Employee stock ownership schemes: Before the 1929 market crash -- Significance of current stock plans -- Three types of plans -- Standard Oil's worker stockholders -- Ownership "pie" after two centuries -- Company public relations programs -- Helping AT&T raise rates -- Summing up on stock ownership.
III. Economic growth under capitalism: Trend of growth, past and present -- Characteristics of capitalism -- Atomized but interdependent production -- Disproportions and imbalances -- The drive for profits -- Accumulation of inventories -- The built-in stabilizers -- Monopoly and the profit motive -- Squeezing out free enterprise -- Monopolization of U.S. economy -- Control of independents -- As a Congressional Committee sees it.
IV. U.S. and Soviet economic growth: U.S. government study -- Comparison with earlier periods -- Contrasts in two systems -- Reference notes.
Summary: "The promoters of "People's Capitalism" myths lay special stress on employee stock purchase plans that have recently been sprouting again. And it is the biggest corporations which have taken the lead in these schemes." -- From chapter II.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks The Karl H. Niebyl Collection HC 106.5 .B79 1958 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML19070024

Includes author's signature (J. M. Budish).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-64)

I. Ownership of U.S. corporations: Selling capitalism under a new label -- The Stock Exchange cornerstone -- Narrow ownership and control -- Institutional stockholdings -- Wall Street fins a "typical" shareholder.

II. Employee stock ownership schemes: Before the 1929 market crash -- Significance of current stock plans -- Three types of plans -- Standard Oil's worker stockholders -- Ownership "pie" after two centuries -- Company public relations programs -- Helping AT&T raise rates -- Summing up on stock ownership.

III. Economic growth under capitalism: Trend of growth, past and present -- Characteristics of capitalism -- Atomized but interdependent production -- Disproportions and imbalances -- The drive for profits -- Accumulation of inventories -- The built-in stabilizers -- Monopoly and the profit motive -- Squeezing out free enterprise -- Monopolization of U.S. economy -- Control of independents -- As a Congressional Committee sees it.

IV. U.S. and Soviet economic growth: U.S. government study -- Comparison with earlier periods -- Contrasts in two systems -- Reference notes.

"The promoters of "People's Capitalism" myths lay special stress on employee stock purchase plans that have recently been sprouting again. And it is the biggest corporations which have taken the lead in these schemes." -- From chapter II.

Donation from Karl and Elizabeth Niebyl.

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