Private Government

Short at 144 pages + references, this is an essay + critical reactions + reactions to the reactions. A good audience would be anyone with a job with interest in history, economics, and labor. The pre-industrial egalitarian ideals and philosophy meeting the industrial revolution and the invention of the firm are covered quite a bit.

It would be interesting to compare the history and thought presented in this book with what happened in other regions that were not colonized by the UK.

this was a really thought provoking series of essays by elizabeth andrews (a political philosopher) about how we should treat work as a source of government, and therefore, attempt to abandon the oligarchic structure in favor of actually you know, governing the workplace.

it also features some great tyler cowen burns in the response, so lol.