Community Decision on Water and Services

Community Decision on Water and Services, Why people should work together to shape the economy An economist sets out how communities can direct economic decisi

Why people should work together to shape the economy. 

The Common Good Economy: A New Compass Mariana Mazzucato Allen Lane (2026). 

(…) The innovative power of collective ownership combined with participatory governance is highlighted in attempts to overturn water-management privatization in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and the Catalonia region of Spain. Through regular assemblies, citizens make decisions on tariffs, co-ordinate maintenance and collectively manage the plant. Land stewardship and energy communities are important examples of Mazzucato’s key principles of co-creation and participation that make up the compass for a common good economy.

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