Employee Ownership in The Nation

The June 27, 2011, issue of The Nation featured 13 articles about the shape and future of capitalism, several of which focus on employee ownership. Joseph Blasi, Douglas Kruse, and Richard Freeman make the case for broad-based incentive programs, including employee ownership. Christopher Mackin argues that employee ownership has inherent appeal to both the political right and left, suggesting that this "ideologically ambidextrous quality is one of the core strengths of the ESOP idea." Other contributors discuss the role of stock ownership in executive compensation and the importance of protecting retirement assets in company-sponsored plans. The contents of the issue are available at this link (free registration required).