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Understanding Why Capitalism Is Not Always Transcended: A Review

Mulder’s Transcending Capitalism is an exciting book that not only provides case studies of five very different worker self-directed enterprises (both actual and would-be WSDEs) and a credit union but also analyzes these case studies, applying the theory of New Marxian Class Analysis (NMCA). As with all good scholarship, this study leaves us with many questions, especially about other kinds of exploitation these WSDEs address or could be mitigating (such as racism); deeper inequality issues to explore; how to significantly impact and strengthen the labor union–WSDE relationship; how to strengthen WSDEs’ ability to thrive and support their member-owners, other employees, and communities in ways that reflect solidarity-economy values and practices; and financing challenges. Some questions, however, Mulder could have answered or explored more, especially about her methodologies, about multiple forms of exploitation, and about the intersectionality of race and class.