Mondragon model

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Draft Summary for a business concept that has been proven in the Basque region of Spain:

- worker owned businesses
- business works for the good of the community NOT for the good of an individual
- workers vote for board of directors
- only workers can be directors, no outsiders
- board votes for a CEO with broad powers
- broad powers are ONLY to serve the interests of the whole
- each week the board meets and reviews performance of CEO and decides if he/she should remain CEO
- business provides housing, and a lot of others stuff that western people usually think of as "your own problem"
- as a result, governments around these businesses are small
- because the government is small and the worker-owned businesses are large, the government is controlled by the people

See this paper for the story: [Mondragon Story]

Here's a link to a group that helps people learn about it: http://www.praxispeace.org