Democratic Economy Quotes

The Labour election of 1945 was a tremendous victory for democratic ownership of the economy.

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.

I want a capital-earning democracy. Every man and woman a capitalist. Housing is the start. If you're a man or woman of property, you've got something. So every man a capitalist, and every man a man of property.

There has been no country with a democratic political sphere, past or present, whose economy has not been dominated by private ownership and market coordination.

We are not jumping on the austerity bandwagon. A healthy economy is by far the most important thing for Social Democrats.

In order to have economic democracy you have to have equal access to property.

From the ashes of a financial crash, there is a chance to create a new economic settlement that is more equal, sustainable and democratic.

Radicals, on the other hand, want to advance from the jungle of laissez-faire capitalism to a world worthy of the name of human civilization. They hope for a future where the means of economic production will be owned by all of the people instead of just a comparative handful. They feel that this minority control of production facilities is injurious to the large masses of people not only because of economic monopolies but because the political power inherent in this form of centralized economy does not augur for an ever expanding democratic way of life.

I'm tired of this discussion of capitalism and socialism; we live in the 21st century, we need an economic system that has democracy as its underpinnings and an ethical code.

A cooperative enterprise is the key alternative to a traditional capitalist enterprise. All the workers, whatever they do inside an enterprise, have to be able to participate in collectively arriving at the decisions about what, how, where to produce, and what to do with the profits in a democratic way. One person, one vote should decide how these things are done.