Assignment:

Watch the following PBS Newshour video that details the New Belgium Brewery Company which is owned by its workers:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/brewery-workers-pour-hearts-business-given-stake

Write at least two paragraphs answering the following questions:

1. Write about whether or not you believe productivity would go up, down, or stay the same in an enterprise where the workers are owners versus a traditional workplace.

2.Write about whether or not a worker owned enterprise would need as many managers to monitor employees and what effect this would have on costs and competitiveness in the marketplace.

3.Write about some of the deleterious effects of modern corporations such as pollution, worker degradation, income inequality, etc., and analyze whether or not worker ownership would solve, worsen, or leave unchanged any of the problems that are associated with traditional workplaces.