<story><title>An Italian Region Where Co-Ops Produce a Third of GDP (2016)</title><url>http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/the-italian-place-where-co-ops-drive-the-economy-and-most-people-are-members-20160705</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>fbn79</author><text>Im from that region. Coop are anti-meritocracy. Many times the coops is a way to bypass tax and rules and do unfair concurrency. Coops give low pay to workers and they can because workers are considered company members. Coops are very politically connected and many time implied in corruption cases.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>coliveira</author><text>&amp;gt; Coops are very politically connected and many time implied in corruption cases.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t see how this is any different from non-cooperative companies.</text></comment>
<story><title>An Italian Region Where Co-Ops Produce a Third of GDP (2016)</title><url>http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/the-italian-place-where-co-ops-drive-the-economy-and-most-people-are-members-20160705</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>fbn79</author><text>Im from that region. Coop are anti-meritocracy. Many times the coops is a way to bypass tax and rules and do unfair concurrency. Coops give low pay to workers and they can because workers are considered company members. Coops are very politically connected and many time implied in corruption cases.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>frgtpsswrdlame</author><text>&amp;gt;Coops give low pay to workers and they can because workers are considered company members.&lt;p&gt;How is this the case? I was under the impression that since workers were company members they would exert &lt;i&gt;more&lt;/i&gt; pressure to increase wages.</text></comment>