Economic Democracy, Mutual Aid, and Cooperatives

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This course explores prefigurative possibilities for economic democracy with a focus on mutual aid efforts, which emphasize collective care via direct organizing, and cooperatives, in which all members have a voice in decision-making, rotate work responsibilities, and other collectivist-democratic practices. Students will learn about relational economics, examine existing models in practice alongside competing conventional for-profit firms, and study how these models can address economic and other inequalities.