Talk:Cooperative

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This page seems overly positive about cooperatives with almost no downsides to them at all. I understand that they do have some positives but the article seems to be pushing one point of view. The only criticisms of the model are not related to the fact that few very large businesses are cooperatives and that they clearly do have some flaws for example in financing. Overall, it would appear that this article is very much taking the view that cooperatives are an inherently good form of business when Wikipedia should take a neutral point of view. Again, I don’t think the article should be disparaging towards cooperatives but just more balanced. ~2026-34315-44 (talk) 06:13, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

agreed, it's also too long and generally of poor quality, needs rewriting. Listing some WP:BESTSOURCES:

• The Routledge Handbook of Cooperative Economics and Management (2025)
• Handbook of Research on Cooperatives and Mutuals (2023)
• International Handbook of Cooperative Law (2013)
• The Oxford Handbook of Mutual, Co-Operative, and Co-Owned Business (2017)
• A Global History of Co-operative Business (2018)

Kowal2701 (talk, contribs) 21:49, 11 June 2026 (UTC)