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Economic Democracy: The Cooperative Alternative

Economic Democracy: The Cooperative Alternative
Donald A. R. George, Rick Woodward, Juliette Summers, Jelte Harnmeijer, David Erdal
Level: beginner
University: The University of Edinburgh
Platform: edX
Recurrence: flexible
Language: English
Discipline: Finance, Business, Economics
Attendance: free
Certificate: 49.00 USD
Workload per week: 3.0 h

Source image: EdX Youtube channel

"Could a cooperative market economy, in which firms are owned and controlled by their workers, be a viable and efficient alternative to capitalism?" (edX)

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