Podcast special - the future is cooperative
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - A podcast by Lesley Riddoch and Pat Joyce - Tuesdays

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While Britain struggles with sky-high bills, and private water, electricity and oil companies make record profits, Finland relies on a unique system of economic shock absorbers. Cooperatives deliver everything from water and electricity to hotel breaks and ferries. They started in the late 1800s and today there are more cooperative memberships than Finns. How does it work? Lesley visited Finland this summer to find out.