With society-wide public ownership, the surplus is distributed to all members of the public through a social dividend, whereas with co-operative ownership the economic surplus of an enterprise is controlled by all the worker-members of that specific enterprise.
Dalam kepemilikan publik di seluruh masyarakat, surplus didistribusikan kepada seluruh anggota masyarakat melalui dividen sosial; sedangkan dalam kepemilikan kooperatif, surplus ekonomi perusahaan dikontrol oleh semua anggota pekerja dari perusahaan terkait.