Re: EOnation: The prospects for collective ownership and EO

["David Spitzley" <dspitzle@gw.wash.k12.mi.us>]

Well, Louis Kelso himself proposed plenty of individual share ownership 
structures which weren't employment-based, and co-op grocery stores and credit 
unions provide some similar examples.  I don't think there's anything 
incompatible between low employment levels and individual share plans.  The 
issue is to identify categories of stakeholders which are stable enough to 
structure the ownership plans around.  Residents in a specific community and 
patrons of a particular business could both work as target groups for an 
ownership program.


David

>>> "Jacquelyn Yates" <Yates@salem.kent.edu> 10/28/02 01:16PM >>>
Dear friends, Juan Guillermo Espinosa reported at the conference in WDC that 
his sources have conluded that collective ownership of enterprises is 
preferable to individual employee share ownership in Chile.  The reason he 
gave: employment varies too much for ownership to rest with individuals. Does 
the idea seem practical?  Does the reason make sense?  Are there other 
arguments pro and con?  If it is a good idea, are there especially desirable 
structures for this that we haven't already discussed in our papers and 
exchanges?

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