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

If I said 30%-40% of GDP was produced by a certain set of companies, and two-thirds of the population were shareholders in those companies, would that not seem to add up?

A cooperative member is not a shareholder in the sense investor-expecting-return, but many people may take out membership as consumers, or simply to support the coop. They are not necessarily actively engaged in production.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jun 26th, 2006 at 04:22:10 AM EST
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Note that coop shares do return dividends if by vote members decide to do so (La Nef I cited above certainly does).
by Laurent GUERBY on Mon Jun 26th, 2006 at 07:15:04 AM EST
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