With the debate heating up about rising inequality and whether employee ownership/co-operatives might contribute to ‘social outcomes,’ the following little article reports on a study which provided a resounding “yes.”
The financial classes love them, the left wants to ban them — but what exactly is the real story behind share buybacks? Contents [1] Company gains; worker losses [2] In too deep? [3] Elections, legislation and government – no easy solutions [4] A workers’ dividend
The April issue of NENA Journal included an interview with Andrew Leigh, Shadow Assistant Treasurer. Alan Greig, a Board member of Employee Ownership Australia, and Duncan Wallace, NENA Journal Editor, respond below to comments Leigh made on the risks he perceives in expanding employee ownership.
Research carried out by Women’s Enterprise Scotland shows that women-led businesses contribute more than £5 billion towards the Scottish economy, and that if rates of women-led businesses equalled that of men, the contribution to Scotland’s GVA would increase to £13 billion. Therefore, it’s encouraging that the past