cooperatives
Erik Esse
Column:
Economic development lessons from ethanol: markets work, but not for all investors
From the beginning of the renewable fuels industry, Minnesotans have watched different classes of investors dash around the state building and operating ethanol plants. For some, it's been great; for others, a financial disaster.MORE »
Cooperatives could save newspapers & Minnesota's economy
Minnesota farmers would save Minneapolis and St. Paul newspapers in a New York minute if the publishing and media worlds' market failures become worse.
How? By forming one or more new cooperatives, of course.MORE »
Employee ownership as a model for securing, sustaining business
America is in a financial market meltdown. It's spilling over on Minnesota, and it means capital formation may be difficult for all business models and types of enterprise - here and everywhere.MORE »
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