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People over capital : the co-operative alternative to capitalism /
Capitalism is failing and ordinary people are forced to pay the price. With such deep-rooted problems there is real hunger for alternative ways of organizing our economic system. Answering the question, "Is there a co-operative alternative to capitalism?" this book showcases fourteen respo...
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New Internationalist,
2013.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Foreword; Introduction; History and current opportunities; 1. The potential for an alternative economy; 2. Can co-ops crowd out capitalism?; 3. Past, present and future; A new co-operative economy; 4. Towards a new economy based on co-operation; 5. Between the market and the state; 6. Working towards economic democracy; Co-operatives, open source and new global networks; 7. Open source capitalism; 8. Renovating the house of co-operatives; Co-operatives and a sustainable future; 9. Is there a co-operative solution to sustainable development?10. Why we need to replace joint-stock companies with co-operatives in the sustainable economies of the future; Co-operatives and the wider alternative economy; 11. Co-operatives and their place in a global social economy; 12. Experiments in solidarity economics -- alternative financial organizations in France and Italy; Critical perspectives: why a world of co-operatives may not be enough; 13. Rebuilding the collective spirit through the experience of co-ops; 14. The false alternative of co-operative choice under capitalism; Afterword: What one thing needs to change to make co-operatives the dominant business model?; About the authors: short biographies; Index. | |
| 520 | |a Capitalism is failing and ordinary people are forced to pay the price. With such deep-rooted problems there is real hunger for alternative ways of organizing our economic system. Answering the question, "Is there a co-operative alternative to capitalism?" this book showcases fourteen responses from economists, academics, co-operators, politicians, and campaigners, exploring both the success and untapped potential of co-operatives. Each essay approaches from a new directionfrom the flourishing open source movement to cases of co-operative success in different parts of the world | ||
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