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Everything for Everyone

The Radical Tradition That Is Shaping the Next Economy

by Nathan Schneider
Matt Amendt
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The origins of the next radical economy is rooted in a tradition that has empowered people for centuries and is now making a comeback.
A new feudalism is on the rise. While monopolistic corporations feed their spoils to the rich, more and more of us are expected to live gig to gig. But, as Nathan Schneider shows, an alternative to the robber-baron economy is hiding in plain sight; we just need to know where to look.
Cooperatives are jointly owned, democratically controlled enterprises that advance the economic, social, and cultural interests of their members. They often emerge during moments of crisis not unlike our own, putting people in charge of the workplaces, credit unions, grocery stores, healthcare, and utilities they depend on.
Everything for Everyone chronicles this revolution — from taxi cooperatives keeping Uber at bay, to an outspoken mayor transforming his city in the Deep South, to a fugitive building a fairer version of Bitcoin, to the rural electric co-op members who are propelling an aging system into the future. As these pioneers show, co-ops are helping us rediscover our capacity for creative, powerful, and fair democracy.

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  • Release date

    September 11, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781549142079
      • File size: 283693 KB
      • Duration: 09:51:01

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Matt Amendt puts his Shakespearean acting roots to good use in this sweeping broadside on the value of business cooperatives. His phrasing, including his deft use of pauses and vocal intensity, draws attention to the ideas that matter and adds a melodic gravitas to the audio that makes listening a joy. Author Nathan Schneider shows how cooperatives like mutual insurance companies, farmers markets, and utility cooperatives meet consumer needs that investor-owned companies too often shun for economic reasons or exploit for profit. With his meticulous research and satisfying grasp of history, Schneider shows how democratic cooperatives, in particular, can meet the social, economic, and cultural needs of consumers by giving them more control, thus narrowing the psychological divide between the haves and have-nots. T.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

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