>If the model is a good one, detractors say it can’t be replicated outside of the Basque Country, and there’s some truth to that.
The author doesn't speculate why, but I'd guess it's partly due to Basque ethnic solidarity. Mondragon sounds a lot like the kind of late 1800s / early 1900s syndicalism that later evolved into Italian fascism and German National Socialism.
Of course, another big "collectivist capitalism" success story is China, which is also fiercely nationalist.
I don't see either of those models working in the West on a large scale any time soon.
The author doesn't speculate why, but I'd guess it's partly due to Basque ethnic solidarity. Mondragon sounds a lot like the kind of late 1800s / early 1900s syndicalism that later evolved into Italian fascism and German National Socialism.
Of course, another big "collectivist capitalism" success story is China, which is also fiercely nationalist.
I don't see either of those models working in the West on a large scale any time soon.