Title: Guild Socialism: An Historical and Critical Analysis (Classic Reprint)
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Date: 2019
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0265179378
ISBN 13: 9780265179376
Binding: HRD
Condition: New
Weight: 721 grams

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Rethinking how industry is run, not just who owns it.

This work traces a shift in socialist thought from seizing means of production to democratizing the administration of industry. It explains how the guild idea envisions workers gaining control through organized guilds, with a focus on pay, management, and the delivery of the community’s needs.

The opening section frames why the guild concept emerged and how it differs from earlier calls for collective ownership. It then surveys how guilds would coordinate across sectors, balance worker and consumer interests, and formalize rules for governance, finance, and social provision. The material highlights debates over pay, inter-guild relations, and the role of the community in a guild-based economy—without forecasting a single outcome.

How pay and income might be organized within a network of guilds
How guilds would interact through liaison, councils, and regional congresses
Ways the community and guilds could share financial and policy responsibilities
Different visions for the future structure, from civic sovereignty to a guild commune

Ideal for readers curious about early twentieth‑century experiments in social reform and the granular mechanics of building a democratic economy from the inside out. This edition presents the range of arguments and the practical questions raised by implementing guild-based planning.

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