Can Worker Co-ops Be Truly Democratic?

21/09/2022 7 min Temporada 2022
Can Worker Co-ops Be Truly Democratic?

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Episode Synopsis

A Patron of Democracy at Work asks: "We agree that capitalism is imperfect and that it separates people into the employer and employee classes. However, resources needs to be planned, coordinated and managed otherwise chaos ensues. In many cases, resources are best handled in bulk to attain efficiency and affordability, and that gives rise to the need for concentration of control. Given that people are really not born equal, what system can then best balance all of the above?"