Self-distributed, 1986
WHEN the National Cooperative Bank was created by Congress in 1978, it was the object of some modest hopes. With offices thoughout the country, it would be a source of capital for new and sometimes risky cooperatives that were shunned by conventional lenders. A decade later, is a go-go…
The New Republic, December 1, 1972
THE FIRST thing that strikes a shopper entering a Co‑op supermarket is a feeling that the store is on his side. But cooperatives, like small farms and many other forms of independent business, have fallen victim to the mid-century dictum of expand or die.
The New Republic, December 18, 1971
NOT EVERY CRANNY of the American economy is occupied by profit-hunters. Here and there, nonprofit cooperatives have sprung up, providing their member-owners with almost every kind of service or product. Some work very well.
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