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Mutual credit – an alternative to the extractive economy

December 5, 2019 By Oliver Sylvester-Bradley Leave a Comment

One of our key projects at The Open Co-op is The Open Credit Network, which evolved out of OPEN 2018 and our previous work on ideas for a co-op coin. Having tested a proof-of-concept and visited Sardex, a successful mutual credit network in Sardinia, we have now developed a bespoke directory and accounting system to enable UK businesses to trade via mutual credit. The … [Read more...]

The Case for a FairShares Model of Enterprise

October 3, 2014 By Josef 1 Comment

The best thing about going to the Co-op Bank Crisis: Ways Foward for the Co-operative Movement conference organised by Co-operative Business Consultants was getting introduced to Rory Ridley-Duff by Mark Simmonds as someone else who is interested in multi-stakeholder co-ops. I've since met with and spoke with Rory quite a few times now, learning all I can about the FairShares … [Read more...]