Cooperative Economics in B.C.

Via Porcupine Blog. Peter Dimitrov has a third installment in his series "Toward a New Economics for British Columbia" at BC Politics. (See also Part 1 and Part 2).

It is asserted that for British Columbia, the "co-op" or "co-operative model" of development, while is thusfar underutilized, is the best institutional vehicle to bring about such an economic model of development.

A model of development predicated on co-operatives could maximize democratic control of development by local citizens who would be the voting members of the co-op. It could mobilize the savings of citizens and perhaps even union pension funds.