You begin to see what I mean about collective action problems? Also, the CUs
have to be big enough. ALso, they have to look out for the good of their
depositors, which means they can't especially favor coops if a coop is not
competitive . . . . --jks
>justin: Indeed, if the usual studies are correct, co-ops are as efficient
>or
>more so than capitalist enterprise, and no less productive or profitable.
>So
>if lenders make decisions solely on those basis, they should not
>discriminate
>against co-ops. That does not mean they do make such decisions.
>
>norm: amendment to my last post. the co-op CUs lend to the other co-ops so
>there is no discrimination. the co-ops supply each other.
>
>follows even more so now that co-ops conquer the world unless the world
>legal systems prevent that.
>
>norm
>
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