There are important books coming up this year on food, trade, education and civic activism
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Show filtersBook review: Finding co-operation’s selfish gene
This model is based on the assumption that each agent acts autonomously and keeps to themselves…
Book review: We have values – but how do we act on them?
There's some useful lessons for the co-op movement in this look at values in action
Book review: Could co-operation be the best model for the new economy?
'It is our ability to co-operate in large numbers that separates us from other species'
Book review: A Californian co-op story
David J Thompson’s book looks at the culture that gave rise to a wave of consumer…
Book review: Bankruption – How community banking can survive fintech
Credit unions are 'a model the average consumer doesn’t know or care about, with a belief…
How a credit union took the civil rights path to become a national lender
Self-Help was established with $77 raised from a bake sale and battled its way to become…
Tracing Jackson, Mississippi’s fight for a future based on co-operation
This book traces the efforts of activists to radically transform their city, drawing on the civil…
Book review: Bringing crucial values back home to the business world
'Common sense business is a moral framework for-profit and non-profit firms around prudence, patience, principles and…
Review: Ethical Business Cultures in Emerging Markets
A collection of essays which look at emerging markets such as the BRICS, and ask how…
When Fairtrade wasn’t on the co-operative agenda – and how that was put right
This look at the history of Fairtrade follows a century of campaigning for social justice –…
Looking for a job you love? Ethics might hold the answer to a happy working life
The Ethical Careers Guide: How to find the work you love, Paul Allen (New Internationalist, 2017) Readers may…