"As Mondragón has transformed its regional economy, its worker-members have faced real challenges in upholding cooperative principles. This includes the hiring of non-owner wage earners and the establishment of non-cooperative subsidiaries outside of Spain, according to a report by researchers Ignacio Bretos and Anjel Errasti."

"These challenges will affect the United States even more severely, where almost every way people meet their needs (food, energy, health care) depends on extraction from other parts of the world."