Create Cooperatives

Create Cooperatives
Cooperatives large and small - businesses owned by workers, producers, and/or consumers - attend to a broader range of concerns than just profit. They employ over 100 million people worldwide - more than multi-national corporations! Despite little policy support or attention, co-ops are spearheading creative economic reforms.

Instead of: Focusing attention and government support primarily on for-profit corporations that are not designed to tackle a broad set of concerns or prioritize the wellbeing of their constituents.

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Notes: Co-ops employing over 100 million people worldwide is 20% more than multinational corporations. (noted from the text before editing for alignment with Mar 2015 card.)

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Resources and References

 * Gar Alperovitz: The Next American Revolution (TRAILER)  described in a March 2013 YES Magazine articlearticle points to worker-owned cooperates as a growing alternative to traditional capitalism and socialism.
 * Excellent Wikipedia article on cooperatives

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