Cooperative economics - A community revitalization strategy

Review of Black Political Economy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-71

  Haynes, Curtis ^a  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 25144443335     PISSN: 00346446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12114-999-1004-5     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Fall 1995/Winter 1996. The Review of Black Political Economy. Vol: 24:2/3.
2. Curtis Haynes, Jr. is a co-founder of the HDD-funded Resurgent City for Cooperative Community Development (RCC) at Buffalo State College. The RCC operates on the premises laid out in this paper. Jessica Gordon Nembhard, senior economist at The Institute for Urban Research, Morgan State University, also uses applied and theoretical research in the areas of political economy and cooperative economics. We would like to thank our colleagues who gave comments and took the time to read various versions of this article, particularly Lloyd Hogan for his encouragement and advice. Of course the controversial analysis and any general short comings are our own doing.
3. Approximately thirty percent of farmers' products are marketed through cooperatives in the U.S. More than 50 million Americans use insurance companies that are owned by or closely affiliated with cooperatives. More than 20 co-ops have over $1 billion in annual sales. And over 67 million people are members of credit unions with assets greater than $100 billion. See National Cooperative Business Association. (No date.) "Cooperatives Are... Cooperative Business in the United States." Pamphlet, circa 1997. Washington, DC: NCBA.