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    <font>I have always believed that cooperatives of workers and

      customers could make a critical difference during the upcoming

      "Great Contraction".  By owning their businesses, workers can not

      only protect their jobs from being "out-sourced", but also share

      in the profits.<br>

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      The Mondragon cooperatives of Spain are the 8th largest business

      group in that nation with tens of thousands of worker-owners. 

      Here is an interesting article that summarizes their approach to

      business ownership and operation.<br>

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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://distributistreview.com/mag/2010/06/mondragon-and-the-global-economic-meltdown/">http://distributistreview.com/mag/2010/06/mondragon-and-the-global-economic-meltdown/</a><br>

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      Bob Waldrop, OKC</font>

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