Colombia’s Capitalist Communes
Lee on Aug 02 2008 | Filed under: Economics, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Colombian flower farms (photo: Mike Freedman-Schnapp)
Colombia’s flower farm workers have for some time been benefiting mightily from industrial support communities, which practice heavy nongovernmental social investment in workforce collectives. Many of the workers in these communities outside Bogota and Medellin are essentially resettled refugees from the war in the countryside. The community support in the [...]
