09 December 2017
Saturday Extra, ABC Radio National
Australia boasts more than 2000 co-operatives and the top 100 co-op and mutual enterprises have a turnover of $30 billion. They are primarily private businesses but some interesting moves are underway in the UK, to bring co-operatives into the public sector. Could that be influencing thinking here?
Sir Julian Le Grand, Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics, Chair of the UK Cabinet Office’s Mutuals TaskForce, 2011 to 2013, is guest.
Listen to Saturday Extra, 9 December 2017
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