Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2015, 23(4):78-85 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.482

Half-Forgotten Personalities of Economic Thought - Robert Owen

Pavel Sirůček
Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, Fakulta podnikohospodářská (email: sirucek@vse.cz).

Robert Owen was a British businessman, thinker, philanthropist, campaigner and reformer, who was looking non-violently for an alternative system. He is said to be a pioneer of socialism in Britain and a leader of the utopian socialist movement in the 19th century. He is also known as a predecessor of the cooperative movement. He tried to start a set of reforms, which were not followed.

Keywords: R. Owen, utopian socialism, social reform, critique of capitalism, cooperative movement
JEL classification: B14, B51, N30, P29

Published: August 1, 2015  Show citation

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Sirůček, P. (2015). Half-Forgotten Personalities of Economic Thought - Robert Owen. Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, 23(4), 78-85. doi: 10.18267/j.aop.482
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