Nathan Schneider@TruthSandwich Generally co-op financing occurs in two ways: loan debt or preferred equity, which has financial rights but not governance rights.
In the sectors where public policy enables co-op financing in the US (agriculture, rural electrification, and credit unions), co-ops do compete quite well. The problem is that there is not adequate co-op financing capacity in other sectors.
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