In this age of globalism \u2014 where rivers of capital move silently through borderless economies, sourcing at the lowest cost and charging back to society its costly externalities \u2013 we are adrift on a raft of our own making. Firms today excel at what neo-classical economists and governments have been cheering them on to do since the mid 30\u2019s: make investors richer and the economy will be better for it.<\/p>\n
But somewhere along the way, communities got left behind. Economic bullies have captured the flag. The question now is: how do communities take it back?<\/p>\n
As the theory and examples presented in this paper suggest, stakeholders, unfettered by hierarchical systems and supported by a cooperative infrastructure, seem to have a natural instinct to cooperate. This fosters relationships that, in the presence of common purpose, create networks. As Dr. Sonja Novkovic, SMU, suggests, when networks are complex \u2014 bringing together differing perspectives and resources \u2014 and when systems are democratic and open-\u00ad\u2010ended, the potential exists for unplanned adaptation, innovation and entrepreneurship. This is particularly true when led by cooperative champions who present a vision of a public good that elicits strong buy-\u00adin.<\/p>\n
Under these unique circumstances, innovation blooms like wildflowers in a meadow -\u00ad\u2010 with unexpected bursts of colour and in unanticipated places. And, like the wings of a butterfly, many small actions have resonance on a much wider scale, creating the co-\u00ad\u2010operative framework for an adaptive, community-\u00ad\u2010focused process that \u2013 properly harnessed \u2013 can deliver the dignity and security of a sustainable future.<\/p>\n
For more on this go to the Cooperative page of this website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In this age of globalism \u2014 where rivers of capital move silently through borderless economies, sourcing at the lowest cost and charging back to society its costly externalities \u2013 we are adrift on a raft of our own making. Firms today excel at what neo-classical economists and governments have been cheering them on to do since the mid 30\u2019s: make investors richer and the economy will be better for it. But somewhere along the way, communities got left behind. Economic bullies have captured the flag. The question now is: how do communities take it back? As the theory and examples … Continue reading Economic bullies have captured the flag. How do communities take it back?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooperation","category-hot-topics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":614,"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions\/614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}