the idea of the cooperative goes back to free trish vilhelm hif. in the mid nineteenth century he promoted it as a way of overcoming the poverty faced by farmers in his region festival. since then the idea has spread to other parts of the economy new industries like sustainable energy have also adopted the model most cooperative work on a majority wombs basis all members can have their say regardless of their stake. entendre both are small when decisions have to be made everyone's opinion has equal weight. that applies to the world's largest co-operative gone in spain it has around seventy five thousand men biz eighty percent of whom it joint owners as with any business cooperatives like monder gone can suffer in times of crisis but because all members have an equal say they usually avoid mass layoffs this is. still a private company it has to be profitable but the number one goal is always to support the members so there are always two sets of objectives to consider economic objectives and social ones. to co-ops it's not just. to doubt the bottom