Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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We’re interviewing key players in the new economy, to:
a) bring their work to a wider audience
b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts
c) stimulate debate
d) help to grow the new economy.

By new economy, we mean an economy whose component parts are democratic and non-extractive, rather than undemocratic and extractive.

Here, Dave Darby of Lowimpact.org (lowimpact.org/) chats with Duncan McCann of the New Economics Foundation (neweconomics.org/) about the role of platform co-ops in building the new economy.
Part 1 of the interview, about Duncan’s plans to build a platform co-op alternative to Über, is here – lowimpact.org/platform-co-op-duncan-mccann/.

Here's a transcript of the interview, with links to organisations mentioned in the video, and with highlights in bold: lowimpact.org/strategy-for-challenging-giant-corporate-platforms-duncan-mccann