A few remarks on Helmut Martens' "Critical review" of the co-determinationreport of 1998

Martens (1) fails to understand the nature of the report of the Kommission Mitbestimmung, although (2) he seems to accept many of its findings. He als o (3) misunderstands the potential contribution of social scientists to pra ctical (4) policy-making. Co-determination offers (5) an opportunity for Ge rman society to manage the difficult transition to a new world of work peac efully and efficiently, although (6) it can no longer usefully be conceived as an anti-capitalist project. Martens also misunderstands (7) the relatio nship between the legitimacy of an economic institution and its economic ef ficiency, and between its efficiency and its protective capacity, especiall y (8) in a period of high unemployment.