Category Archives: 2040

The Friedman Doctrine 50 Years On: A Total Disaster

Posted on September 13, 2020 by John McNamara

On September 13, 1970, Milton Friedman penned and Op-Ed for the New York Times that was essentially the opening shot of the economic civil war between the rival economic ideas of John Maynard Keynes and F. W. Hayek. Friedman, a … Continue reading →

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Make USPS a Solidarity Co-op!

Posted on August 24, 2020 by John McNamara

The recent fight over the post office has been dramatic and hyper partisan while also obscuring the causes of the financial problems of the post office. These problems largely result from one major decision by the Congress known as the … Continue reading →

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How Do We Sense Make Of It All

Posted on July 13, 2020 by John McNamara

Several years ago, in the aftermath of the protests in Wisconsin supporting labor unions, I wrote about sensemaking and how resilient cooperatives can be in adjusting to the changes in the economy and providing an antidote to the Shock Doctrine. … Continue reading →

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Worker co-ops are not the solution, but a vehicle (and a sturdy one at that).

Posted on December 27, 2019 by John McNamara

“We do not aspire to economic development as an end  but as a means.”-– Don José María Arizmendiarietta (029)* In early December, I attended a workshop in Post Falls, Idaho for Reimagining the Rural West. This initiative of the Western … Continue reading →

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The Worker Co-op Movement in 2040: Revisited

Posted on November 8, 2019 by John McNamara

Ten years ago, when I was blogging much more regularly, I wrote a series on envisioning the worker co-op movement in 2040. You can read them here. As the Co-op Decade comes to a conclusion over the next couple of … Continue reading →

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Beginning a Thousand Mile Journey

Posted on November 1, 2010 by John McNamara

Let’s forget about tomorrow. Not because, as the song goes, it never comes, but because the election that happens tomorrow will have little effect on the worker co-ops of 2040 (or even 2011 for that matter). We need to think … Continue reading →

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Does Your Community Plan for Coops?

Posted on October 18, 2010 by John McNamara

What will the worker co-operative movement look like in 2040? It will look like whatever we make it look like. We need to start thinking today about the world in 30 years. I am not sure how useful it is … Continue reading →

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Creating a Roadmap to 2040

Posted on October 11, 2010 by John McNamara

In high school, one of my teacher, John Gray, would joke about giving a pop quiz in which the students had 5 minutes to write down everything that they knew. The joke was that given the enormity of that task, … Continue reading →

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US Worker Co-ops in 2040?

Posted on October 4, 2010 by John McNamara

What should our movement look like in 30 years? 30 years ago, the modern US worker co-operative movement was in its infancy. The Anti-War, Second Wave Feminist and Civil Rights movements were starting to move their way into mainstream society … Continue reading →

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