# Article - Pride in Work? Confronting the root cause of economic decline

**URL:** https://forum.workers.coop/t/article-pride-in-work-confronting-the-root-cause-of-economic-decline/1382
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**Created:** [7 April 2026 10:28 UTC](https://forum.workers.coop/t/article-pride-in-work-confronting-the-root-cause-of-economic-decline/1382 "2026-04-07T10:28:31Z")
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### Author: ![Sion](https://forum.workers.coop/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Sion](https://forum.workers.coop/u/Sion)
#### Post date: [7 April 2026 10:28 UTC](https://forum.workers.coop/t/article-pride-in-work-confronting-the-root-cause-of-economic-decline/1382/1 "2026-04-07T10:28:31Z")

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“The Centre for Democratic Business and workers.coop federation have long argued that meaningful economic renewal requires a shift in ownership.”

[New debate piece](https://www.workers.coop/pride-in-work-confronting-the-root-cause-of-economic-decline/) on workers.coop website.

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### Author: ![Principle5](https://forum.workers.coop/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4da419/32.png) [@Principle5](https://forum.workers.coop/u/Principle5)
#### Post date: [8 April 2026 16:41 UTC](https://forum.workers.coop/t/article-pride-in-work-confronting-the-root-cause-of-economic-decline/1382/2 "2026-04-08T16:41:23Z")

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Interesting article - it was interesting to see that building co-ops was one of the permitted activities in the Neighbourhoods Fund, but so were about 500 other things, and I worry that when push comes to shove, those with a say would think its much easier just to spend the £20 million on filling in some pot holes, and plant some flowers to make the place look a little nicer. And why wouldn’t you want that too!