Accounting is imbued with ideology, but it also provides valuable information. Understanding the former and applying the latter are essential in order to increase the viability of worker cooperatives, social projects, associations, foundations, etc.
Being viable and being profitable are two very different things, both in the short and long term. Taking the criterion of profitability as a guide for the development of companies increasingly confronts them with their own sustainability and that of their environment. The alternative can only come from associated work.
