place-based (local) economics

A Venezuelan cooperative network that recently received the “Alternative Nobel Prize” tells its story.

A look at a multi-stakeholder cooperative with a worker-owner member class and bylaws that state neutrality toward union formation.

Yavor Tarinski’s Concepts for a Democratic and Ecological Society challenges your mind on the most significant questions such as direct democracy, de-growth, solidarity economy, and libertarian municipalism.

Across the world, a quiet revolution is emerging. Countless grassroots groups, civil society organizations and individuals are coming together to forge a more hopeful path to the future: away from the destructive global consumer culture, towards healthy communities grounded in strong local economies.

Employee ownership, particularly in the form of worker cooperatives, offers a solution for business transitions.

Grocery co-ops have grown during the pandemic, with overall sales increasing 10% during 2020, a year full of supply and social disruptions.

Michael Lebowitz shares his perspective on the social economic models in Venezuela and Yugoslavia. Lebowitz highlights the importance of self-actualization through protagonism and how the most successful of these models focused on solidarity over self-interest.

An interview with Gene Homicki, co-founder and CEO of myTurn, an online platform for managing libraries of things.

Ebony Gustave interviews East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative Executive Director Noni Sessions for the Cooperative Journal podcast.