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This site promotes Cooperative Social Entrepreneurship<\/strong> as defined in About<\/a><\/strong> and framed by the themes introduced below. Scroll down for theme summaries and to internal links for more coverage.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>Values & Vision<\/h2>\n

You don\u2019t put the cart before the horse. You have to start with WHY: Identify those values you will use as compass to seek change, here health, environment, equity and democracy<\/em>. This moral compass gives a vision, not for an imprecise concept of sustainability, but for operationalisation <\/u>through Result-focused Stewardship<\/strong>, defined as:<\/p>\n

A healthy, fair and environmentally sound economy where cities and communities take responsibility for own supply chains, for reduced inequality<\/em>\u00a0and for economic democracy.<\/em><\/p>\n

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(Right image): <\/strong><\/a>Inspired by Doughnut Economics<\/span><\/strong><\/a> , CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a> \u00a0(click here<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a> for larger image) and (left image): Inspired by T. Piketty. Photo Credit: Istockphoto.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Values embodied by Principles<\/h2>\n

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\u00a0<\/em>\u201cSociety long ago democratized government, but we have never democratized the economy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Marjorie Kelly and Ted Howard (2019): The Making of a Democratic Economy. Building Prosperity for the Many, Not Just the Few<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

See Economic Democracy<\/strong> defined through 8 principles<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Part-<\/strong>Goals<\/h2>\n
(Left): Photo credit Istockphoto, (Right): Felix Joerg Mueller<\/a>,\u00a0CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/div>\n
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(Re) Location of the Economy<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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A Real Circular Economy<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Globalization has resulted in wealth being extracted from local communities. To regain control and economic democracy,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 we need a (Re) Location of the Economy.<\/p>\n

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The circular economy will only be a reality if it is incorporated in business models<\/strong>. Osterwalder and Pigneur’s model (‘the Business Model Canvas’) belongs to the linear economy. It is not suitable for a circular economy based on ‘cradle-to-cradle thinking’, regenerative agriculture and an ‘Stahel-style’ industrial circular economy. Jonker and Faber’s (2021) model, on the other hand, facilitates circular, collective business models – for Cooperative Social Entrepreneurship.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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The Community Wealth Building Model (CWB)<\/h2>\n

The CWB model (2 min. video<\/a><\/strong><\/span>) serves as a Solution Multiplier and operational vehicle for Equality, Economic Democracy and Climate, using the means of Economy (Re) Location and a Real Circular Economy. This is<\/em> System Change, but starting at the Local Level<\/em>, tested out in UK & USA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Short on Values & Vision:<\/h3>\n

Doughnut Economics graphic:<\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cThe model resembles a doughnut where the doughnut ring itself represents a safe and just space for humans to exist within. Inside the ring (the doughnut hole) represents a situation in which people lack essential social necessities such as healthcare, education and political voice. Meanwhile, the outside of the doughnut (the crust) represents ecological boundaries beyond which earth\u2019s natural systems are under threat. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026 prosperity can be achieved when we are situated in the middle ring, neither overshooting planetary boundaries nor lacking the necessary social foundations for all people. As\u00a0Kate Raworth<\/a>, founder of\u00a0Doughnut Economics<\/a>, has said, \u2018A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow\u2019. “<\/p>\n

\u00a0Kori Goldberg\u00a0 (February 10, 2023) Back to basics: A systems thinker’s view on circularity<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Reduced Inequality<\/u><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>This is necessary simply for the majority to live \u2018within the middle ring of the doughnut\u2019<\/em>, defined above as constituting the necessary social foundations for all people.<\/p>\n

Reduced inequality is an important value also for democratic reasons. As argued by the US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis during the great depression:<\/p>\n

\u00abWe can either have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can\u2019t have both.\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n

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Further references:<\/p>\n

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  1. A systems approach<\/a><\/strong><\/span> [\u00a7 D.1: Spreading economic power is necessary to reduce Inequality: Some strategies based on Piketty’s research<\/em>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Why going Local?<\/a><\/strong><\/span> [See the subtitles: Reducing Inequality: Why local ownership of businesses is important<\/em> and Inequality and Democracy are closely Related<\/em>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. Capital bias<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. Principles<\/a><\/strong><\/span> [\u00a7 4: Putting Labor before Capital<\/em>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. Community Wealth Building<\/a><\/strong><\/span>: A road to Economic Democracy. [See subtitle: Redistribution of the sources of Value Creation<\/em>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            Why do we need a democratic economy?<\/u><\/p>\n

            As far back as 1848, John Stuart Mill considered a more democratic economy a condition for a robust democratic society. More recently, Guinan and O’Neill have argued that:<\/p>\n

            \u00abIf we want to live in demo\u00adcratic societies, then we need to have democratic institutions that allow communities to shape their local economies, and to exert real control over the way in which those local economies develop over time. Treating the economy as some kind of separate technocratic domain in which the central values of a democratic society somehow do not apply is no longer good enough.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

            On the contrary, taking democracy seriously involves being prepared to extend it deep into economic life – including into the ownership of enterprise.\u00bb\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

            \u00a0<\/em>Joe Guinan and Martin O’Neill (2020:47): The Case for Community Wealth Building<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

            Related to this, is our schizofrenic\u00a0approach to personal and business- moral, succinctly illustrated by Joel Bakan:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

            \u00abFew businesspeople would dispute that their decisions must be designed primarily to serve their company\u2019s and its owners\u2019 interests. As former Goodyear Tire CEO Sam Gibara said, \u201cIf you really did what you wanted to do that suits your personal thoughts and your personal priorities, you\u2019d act differently. But as a CEO you cannot do that.\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n

            Bakan, Joel. (2004:51): The Corporation: The pathological pursuit of profit and power<\/span><\/p>\n

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            8 principles for a Democratic Economy<\/u><\/p>\n

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            (1) The common good comes first. (2) Inclusion: \u00abThe prosperity of ordinary people is the sun around which a democratic economy orbits. That points to a principle of inclusion for those long excluded.\u00bb (Kelly and Howard, ibid). (3) Building community wealth that stays local. Keeping this wealth local means using locally rooted ownership, ideally held broadly.\u00a0 (4) Putting labor before capital; Good work at living wage & undoing the bias towards capital.\u00a0 (5) Democratized Ownership designs (6) Ecological sustainability. (7) Ethical Finance for Social and Ecological benefit. (8) System-change as the ultimate goal.<\/p>\n

            Adapted from: Kelly og Howard, ibid. with addition- for the 8. principle: Joe Guinan og Martin O\u2019Neill (2020): The Case for Community Wealth Building)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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            Further references:<\/p>\n

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            1. A systems approach<\/a><\/span><\/strong> [\u00a7 D.3: It is only with Economic Democracy, we get Real Democracy <\/em>and\u00a0 G: Tools for System Change<\/em>; ownership design<\/u>, democratization of: capital<\/u>, decision-making <\/u>and production<\/u>].<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              1. Economic Democracy<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                1. Why going Local?<\/a><\/strong><\/span> [See the subtitle: The Democratic Argument for Localization<\/em>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                  1. Principles<\/strong><\/span><\/a> [\u00a7 5: Creating Enterprise Designs for New Era: The Principle of Democratized Ownership<\/em>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                    1. Community Wealth Building<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: A road to Economic Democracy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                      (Re) Location of the Economy<\/u><\/p>\n

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                      Instead of globalization\u2019s \u2018trickle down benefits\u2019, wealth has been \u200b\u200bextracted from local communities, making them loose control over own development. To regain this control, we need a (re) location of the economy. This also follow naturally from the economic democracy-agenda.<\/p>\n