Reclaiming public ownership making space for economic democracy by cumbers andrew london and new york zed books 2012 geoff mann centre for global political economy simon fraser university search for more papers by this author geoff mann centre for global political economy simon fraser university search for more papers by this author first published 24 june 2013 https doiorg . Reclaiming public ownership making space for economic democracy by cumbers andrew london zed books 2012 254pp gbp1899 isbn 978 1 8032 006 9. Reclaiming public ownership tackles these issues head on going beyond traditional lefist arguments about the relative merits of free markets and central planning to present a radical new conception of public ownership framed around economic democracy and public participation in economic decision making cumbers argues that a reconstituted public ownership is central to the creation of a more just and sustainable society. Start by marking reclaiming public ownership making space for economic democracy as want to read reclaiming public ownership making space for economic democracy by andrew cumbers 417 rating details 6 ratings 0 reviews the last few years have seen the spectacular failure of market fundamentalism in europe and the us as the environmental limits and socially destructive . Reclaiming public ownership tackles these issues head on going beyond traditional leftist arguments about the relative merits of free markets and central planning to present a radical new conception of public ownership framed around economic democracy and public participation in economic decision making cumbers argues that a reconstituted public ownership is central to the creation of a more just and sustainable society this book is a timely reconsideration of a long standing but