Capital and the Debt Trap [electronic resource] : Learning from cooperatives in the global crisis /
Sanchez Bajo, Claudia.author.
Roelants, Bruno.author.
Bajo, Claudia Sanchez.author.
The financial crisis is destroying wealth but is also a remarkable opportunity to uncover the ways by which debt can be used to regulate the economic system. This book uses four case studies of cooperatives to give an in-depth analysis on how they have braved the crisis and continued to generate wealth.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- The Mother Of All Crises? -- Causes And Mechanisms -- Shifting Control versus Ownership -- Cooperatives: Importance, Resilience and Rationality -- Natividad Island Fishermen's and Divers' Cooperative, Mexico: Managing Natural Resources to Generate Wealth -- Ceralep Société Nouvelle, France: David and Goliath in the Global Economy -- The Desjardins Cooperative Group: A Financial Movement For Quebec's Development -- The Mondragon Cooperative Group: Local Development With A Global Vision -- The Global Crisis: Mother of all Warnings.
The financial crisis is destroying wealth but is also a remarkable opportunity to uncover the ways by which debt can be used to regulate the economic system. This book uses four case studies of cooperatives to give an in-depth analysis on how they have braved the crisis and continued to generate wealth.
Industrial organization.
Regional economics.
Spatial economics.
Labor economics.
Macroeconomics.
Economic theory.
Economic policy.
Industrial Organization.
Regional/Spatial Science.
Labor Economics.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.
Economic Policy.