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I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism
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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 2211317" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p><a href="http://www.co-oplaw.org/worker-co-op-resources/worker-cooperatives-performance-and-success-factors/" target="_blank">Worker Cooperatives Performance and Success Factors</a></p><p></p><p>they are pretty similiar to a capitalist corporation except that workers vote (more or less) on how to run their business. if its less, then they are probably voting in managers as a representative, and have less of a direct say themselves.</p><p></p><p>during the great depression / recession we just had, the mondragon cooperative in spain decided to cut all workers hours instead of just laying off workers.</p><p></p><p>the mondragon cooperative has a max inequality of 8x what the lowest paid worker makes. whereas CEOs in america earn 350x.</p><p></p><p>richard wolff does economic update radio program 1x a week. he frequently answers cooperative questions at the end of his show.</p><p></p><p>its probably what i said which is a small portion of the cheque goes toward owning a share of the coop. or a loan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 2211317, member: 56035"] [URL='http://www.co-oplaw.org/worker-co-op-resources/worker-cooperatives-performance-and-success-factors/']Worker Cooperatives Performance and Success Factors[/URL] they are pretty similiar to a capitalist corporation except that workers vote (more or less) on how to run their business. if its less, then they are probably voting in managers as a representative, and have less of a direct say themselves. during the great depression / recession we just had, the mondragon cooperative in spain decided to cut all workers hours instead of just laying off workers. the mondragon cooperative has a max inequality of 8x what the lowest paid worker makes. whereas CEOs in america earn 350x. richard wolff does economic update radio program 1x a week. he frequently answers cooperative questions at the end of his show. its probably what i said which is a small portion of the cheque goes toward owning a share of the coop. or a loan. [/QUOTE]
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