A patron of Economic Update asks: "It would be interesting to contrast and look at ESOPs and WSDEs side by side! I have spent time on the lack of financing options from traditional financial institutions for worker cooperative businesses and speculating on how that could also contribute to the entrenchment of the private business model, effectively crowding out financing but for the private business model. I wonder if credit unions (as existing financial cooperatives) are in a unique position to provide that support or whether a public bank would serve that purpose more effectively."

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