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So the other 60-70% of GDP is produced by one-third of the population?

That seems reasonable, doesn't it?

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jun 24th, 2006 at 06:51:42 AM EST
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Well, then wouldn't that imply little difference between this outcome and the typical market economy?

By the way, I have nothing against cooperatives, so long as they're not forced on the inhabitants.  I would never join one, but that's just me.  At the end of the day, I'm going to make my choices about products the same way I always have.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sat Jun 24th, 2006 at 02:21:32 PM EST
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A smaller Gini coefficient?

Maybe this is better than 20% of the people generating 80% of the wealth?

Maybe it's better if more people own individually smaller amounts of capital?

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jun 24th, 2006 at 03:51:45 PM EST
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How does this imply a smaller Gini coefficient in the region?  Perhaps it does, if we're measuring only the distribution among co-op members, but this suggests that, regionally, the change is only skin-deep.  It suggests, also, that non-members are much wealthier.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sat Jun 24th, 2006 at 05:40:06 PM EST
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Non-members probably include wealthy capitalists and the working poor.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jun 24th, 2006 at 07:05:23 PM EST
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And the middle class and soo on.  The article only states that the non-member one-third is nearly twice as wealthy as the co-op two-thirds.  It seems as though it hasn't change anything.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sat Jun 24th, 2006 at 07:36:07 PM EST
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The article only states that the non-member one-third is nearly twice as wealthy as the co-op two-thirds

How so? First of all you (questionably) accept GDP as a measure of "wealth", secondly you miss the point that a person may be member of a coop and be engaged in other economic activity elsewhere.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jun 26th, 2006 at 04:30:30 AM EST
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I have nothing against cooperatives, so long as they're not forced on the inhabitants.  I would never join one, but that's just me.

Do you bank with a bank or a credit union?

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jun 25th, 2006 at 10:39:56 AM EST
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