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Ideologies / Minarcho-Socialist / G. D. H. Cole
G. D. H. Cole — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1889–1959 · United Kingdom · Theorist

G. D. H. Cole

Guild socialism

Industry self-governed by its workers.

Reformist Minarcho-Socialist →
Economic−72
SocialistMarket
Governance−72
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+48
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The leading theorist of guild socialism, who sought common ownership run by self-governing guilds of workers — socialism with the central state reduced to a coordinating minimum.

social

Pluralist progressive of the libertarian left.

economic

Common ownership run by self-governing industrial guilds.

governance

A drastically slimmed state alongside functional democracy.

Notable for
  • Guild-socialist theory
  • 'Self-Government in Industry'
  • Fabian dissident
guild-socialismfunctional-democracyworkers-control
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