This is the published version of my keynote speech at the 2004 conference of the International Association for the Economics of Participation in Halifax Canada.
Towards a Theory of Unhelpful Help
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These are the slides of a 2009 lecture at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities in Frankfurt Germany.
Renaissance Humanism and the Post-Socialist Transition
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This paper compares some of the themes in the “renaissance” of the post-socialist transition with the Renaissance itself–along with some personal reflections on my experiences in the transition.
Die Gazette article (in German)
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This is a translation into German, with very nice presentation and graphics, of my blog entry on Wall Street Capitalism.
Slovene Privatization ESOP
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This 1991 paper, coauthored with Uros Korze and Marco Simoneti, described the type of ESOP model in the Mencinger-Korze-Simoneti draft privatization legislation.
Management-Employee Buyouts in Privatization
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This 1993 report for the Central and Eastern European Privatization Network was known for giving early and ultimately accurate criticism of the shock therapy and voucher privatization programs.
What is a worker cooperative
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This is the late-70s ICA pamphlet that introduced people to worker cooperatives.
Socialization of Enterpreneurship at Mondragon
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This 1982 paper published by the ICA was the basis for the Harvard Business School case study on Mondragon–with most of the material on socializing entrepreneurship taken out.
Property and Contract 1973
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This 1973 unpublished typescript was probably the first time my settled views on property theory were put into writing.
Ellerman-Rota Mathematics Paper
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This was my only math paper co-authored with Gian-Carlo Rota who in many respects was my mentor in mathematics. It reduced my Erdos number from infinity to 3.