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bucolic_frolic

(56,258 posts) Fri Jun 19, 2026, 06:32 PM 10 hrs ago

We Went To Nebraska. What We Found Could Unrig The Economy. [View all]

Worker co-ops could be a solution to the rigged, unequal economy Americans are up against.

We talked to drivers at a rideshare company in Colorado.

They own the company together, and now when they drive a route they make more than 2x what they make driving Uber.

This video features content from Hans Taparia and Bruce Buchanan’s forthcoming book People’s Capitalism. To follow their work and learn more about the book launch, subscribe to https://peoplescapitalism.substack.co...

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We Went To Nebraska. What We Found Could Unrig The Economy. [View all] bucolic_frolic 10 hrs ago OP

Worker owned businesses are the most efficient multigraincracker 9 hrs ago #1

Because you'll never do anything as well, nor watch the money so closely, bucolic_frolic 8 hrs ago #2

An Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is an option. PufPuf23 8 hrs ago #3

Get rid of the eclipses at the end and put in an "m" Bristlecone 8 hrs ago #4

The link is quite an extended one so I didn't wish to include it. bucolic_frolic 8 hrs ago #6

But large equity still owns part of the business and returns accrue to those investors, not the workers. bucolic_frolic 8 hrs ago #7

Offered ESOP as an alternative and step towards worker equity and security. PufPuf23 7 hrs ago #10

Owner owned provides better service FrndStrng 8 hrs ago #5

The world's largest coop is in Spain Farmer-Rick 8 hrs ago #8

Co-ops and socialism are not synonymous ToxMarz 7 hrs ago #9

This almost made it back in the 70s Figarosmom 7 hrs ago #11

Link not working masmdu 7 hrs ago #12