[Danihan]

Thanks for the recommendations. I'll check out these books before the year is out and get back to you. The co-op model is something I've personally thought a lot about as well. I actually own a valid testing arena even -- a successful restaurant that I've been wanting to convert into some form of co-op at some point.

Personally, I don't think capitalism is going away any time soon, it's just a question of which version of it will be the most effective. Co-ops would need to be able to compete and win against the current shareholder model, without government intervention, which may not be possible.

Anyway, shoot me an email if you'd like to discuss more in a few months.

[dbingham]

Cheers!

Another good book, more about the practical realities of creating a worker co-op in the current context, is Companies We Keep: Employee Ownership and the Business of Community and Place by John Abrams[1]. It's more a story about his experience founding and running his construction company as a worker cooperative. It would probably be a lot more relevant to pondering whether and how to form a cooperative business in the current world.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Companies-We-Keep-Ownership-Community...