I have been doing some thinking about alternative economic models to the one that currently predominates. I am not sure that we can expect to totally upend the system we have now, but I am increasingly convinced that there are alternatives within it. An example that came across my desk recently is that of workers coops developed around green enterprises:
Something important is happening in Cleveland: a new model of large-scale worker- and community-benefiting enterprises is beginning to build serious momentum in one of the cities most dramatically impacted by the nation's decaying economy.
via The Cleveland Model.
The Basque workers cooperative model mentioned in the article is world renowned and operating at large scale. An indication that this model can be a large scale alternative.
