The non-statist socialist economy: historical review of the various proposals for cooperativism, self-management and social enterprises in non-state socialism

Abstract

The present work shows the economic proposal of important representatives of socialism, where the defense for communal property, cooperatives and social enterprises stands out, all framed within a self-management system; thus moving away from a statist economy. In addition, it is evident that Marx was a critic of the State, for which reason he did not defend a state economy, but rather one based on cooperatives connected in a Great Union exemplified in the Paris Commune, and his proposal for a State was a proletarian one, of participatory and democratic type, very far from statist dictatorships that have falsely used his name as a source of inspiration, and that instead of having implanted a socialist model they executed a state capitalism. Finally, the compatibility of social enterprises with the characteristics of socialism is shown, in which the success of the self-managed socialist model of Yugoslavia when it was governed by Josip Broz Tito, an authentically socialist model, where its economy was based in social enterprises and the self-management of their workers, is seen.