Case Studies of socialist production model or co-ops?

[RadioRaheem84]

Every single time I say the socialist model can work much more efficiently than the private model of a business, I get the usual tripe about the need for strict chasm like hierarchies, human nature arguments, workers are lazy, as the reasons of why it can never work.

Have any case studies been done on workers self management in Yugoslavia, a co-op, a socialist or state run enterprise in the USSR, etc.? To show most of the middle managerial types that always harass me when I talk Marxism about socialism being a pipe dream, that these models can work and produced better results for society as a whole?

[GPDP]

Agnapostate posted a very good one a while back IIRC. Shame I didn't save the link. Maybe try PMing him?

Edit: Here ya go: http://www.revleft.com/vb/there-any-benefits-t151174/index.html?p=2042694#post2042694

[Phonic]

There was a study on the spanish mondragon co-ops that ofund they were more efficient, had more equal pay and happier workers.

try looking up mondragon corporation to find out more, it's a worker controlled and owned corproation in Spain, thousands of factories and such.

[RadioRaheem84]

There was a study on the spanish mondragon co-ops that ofund they were more efficient, had more equal pay and happier workers.

try looking up mondragon corporation to find out more, it's a worker controlled and owned corproation in Spain, thousands of factories and such.

I did and while I will still use them as an example, I've also read they're not worker owned but worker managed. Also, they've been taking advantage of cheap labor in Poland.

Point is, they've capitulated a lot to capitalism.

[Octavian]

The Cincinnati Time Store is a shining example of how equal compensation for labor is possible and could be implemented.