CPE Member Thomas Herndon on the Colbert Report!
“Austerity’s Spreadsheet Error” - The Colbert Report
Curious for more details? Read the paper that started the fuss!
Be Sociable, Share!read more >
Going Co-op!
by Anastasia Wilson
Think capitalism isn’t working? Several Massachusetts businesses agree and are doing something about it.
Real Pickles, Green River Ambrosia, and Katalyst Kombucha are fermenters of all kinds in Western Massachusetts, The Just Crust in Cambridge rises up by baking pizzas, and all of these businesses have transitioned into worker-owned cooperatives within the last few months.
A capitalist firm typically has a hierarchal structure of owners, bosses, and workers, with those on top [...] read more >
Do Nanny States go broke?
Bill O’Reilly thinks so. But Rick Wolff explains why this is not so in this interview clip from Democracy Now!
Be Sociable, Share!read more >
Mondragon: How the world’s largest co-operative has weathered the economic storm
This article from The Guardian explains how the Mondragon worker co-operatives of Spain have handled the economic crisis. (Spoiler: not by laying off workers.)
Be Sociable, Share!read more >
