I hold my present philosophical position because I read a lot. While I am not entirely in agreement with everything at Mises.org, it has been an invaluable resource for e-books, essays, podcasts, audiobooks, and more.

Note that I did not reject the idea of co-ops in my post. I do question the matter of corporate survival rates though because of the data available. Most businesses are corporations of one form or another, and few co-ops are created in comparison, skewing the sample size. In addition, I suspect that corporations and co-ops tend to be established in different sectors of the economy, and while I am not certain of the legal obstacles to which corporations are likely subjected, I suspect there are different tax and regulation hurdles placed in their path.

We need liberty in order to see what really works best, and what individuals prefer.