From Corporate Globalization to Global Co-operation
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Weight | 0.295000 |
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ISBN13/Barcode | 9781552668726 |
ISBN10 | 155266872X |
Author | WEBB, Tom |
Binding | Paperback |
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Date Published | 9th February 2017 |
Pages | 186 |
Publisher | Fernwood Publishing info@fernpub.ca |
This book is about the need for an alternative to capitalism. But what does that alternative look like? And given the ever-increasing wealth and power of the 1 percent and the fact that corporations are given carte blanche to turn natural resources into profit, is an alternative possible?
Tom Webb argues that a massive shift to social enterprise, primarily co-operatives, is required. More than 250 million people around the world work for co-operatives, and co-operatives impact the lives of three billion people. This model reduces almost every negative impact of capitalism it is a model that works.
Webb outlines the principles co-operatives need to hold to if they are to be a successful alternative to capitalism and examines the public-policy changes needed to nurture such a transition, but he remains neither wildly optimistic nor unduly pessimistic. A better world is possible, but it is not inevitable."