The Meidner Plan w/ Joe Guinan

Half Past Capitalism

The Meidner Plan was a transformative plan proposed by Swedish trade unions in the mid-1970s to gradually transfer ownership of mid-sized and large businesses to their workers, and subsequently to workers at large.

Dru Jay is joined by Joe Guinan, the President at The Democracy Collaborative and co-author of The Case for Community Wealth Building and of People Get Ready! Preparing for a Corbyn Government.

They discuss some of the historical context and some of the plans shortcomings.

For more about the Meidner plan, read articles in The Peoples Policy Project, Jacobin, and The Socialist Register.