{"id":18719,"date":"2021-05-13T11:13:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T18:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=18719"},"modified":"2021-05-13T11:14:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T18:14:01","slug":"the-case-for-co-ops-the-invisible-giant-of-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/05\/13\/the-case-for-co-ops-the-invisible-giant-of-the-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CASE FOR CO-OPS, THE INVISIBLE GIANT OF THE ECONOMY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/anu_puusa_the_case_for_co_ops_the_invisible_giant_of_the_economy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anu Puusa|TED@BCG (ted.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think capitalism is broken? Try cooperativism, says co-op enthusiast and researcher Anu Puusa. She lays out how cooperatives \u2014 businesses owned, operated and controlled by their members \u2014 can both make money and have a positive impact on the environment and local communities. With co-ops, Puusa says, doing good business and doing good at the same time becomes possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This talk was presented at a TED Institute event given in partnership with&nbsp;BCG.&nbsp;TED editors featured it among our selections on the home page.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/about\/programs-initiatives\/ted-institute\">Read more about the TED Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ABOUT THE SPEAKER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/anu_puusa?\"><strong>Anu&nbsp;Puusa<\/strong>&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;Co-ops enthusiastCooperative enthusiast Anu Puusa wants to spread the word about co-ops \u2014 and their potential as a sustainable business model that achieves long-term social, economic and environmental goals.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anu Puusa|TED@BCG (ted.com) Think capitalism is broken? Try cooperativism, says co-op enthusiast and researcher Anu Puusa. She lays out how cooperatives \u2014 businesses owned, operated and controlled by their members \u2014 can both make money and have a positive impact on the environment and local communities. With co-ops, Puusa says,&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/05\/13\/the-case-for-co-ops-the-invisible-giant-of-the-economy\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18719"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18720,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18719\/revisions\/18720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}