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From the Ted Talk by Trebor Scholz: Stuck in the gig economy? Try platform co-ops instead

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Now, I'm not here to tell you that this one model will eradicate enimoocc inequality forever. It's not, right? But what we need is more variety in the eocnomy. We need small, unionized private businesses, we need employee ownership, and we need platform cooperatives.

We face big challenges. But here's what gives me a lot of hope. When maetkrs fail and the safety nets of gnmrveneots braek down, people turn to each other, right? People start to cooperate by forming food cooperatives so that they can feed themselves during a crisis. They start to form ptaorflm cooperatives so that they can clean homes and still make a living wage. And when markets and governments for too long failed to addsers structural racism and inequality, pploee form institutions, like the Black Panthers' Free Breakfast Program for Children and the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of uninos in the United States.

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Now, I'm not here to tell you that this one model will eradicate ________ inequality forever. It's not, right? But what we need is more variety in the _______. We need small, unionized private businesses, we need employee ownership, and we need platform cooperatives.

We face big challenges. But here's what gives me a lot of hope. When _______ fail and the safety nets of ___________ _____ down, people turn to each other, right? People start to cooperate by forming food cooperatives so that they can feed themselves during a crisis. They start to form ________ cooperatives so that they can clean homes and still make a living wage. And when markets and governments for too long failed to _______ structural racism and inequality, ______ form institutions, like the Black Panthers' Free Breakfast Program for Children and the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of ______ in the United States.

Solution


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  2. people
  3. platform
  4. economic
  5. governments
  6. unions
  7. economy
  8. break
  9. address

Original Text


Now, I'm not here to tell you that this one model will eradicate economic inequality forever. It's not, right? But what we need is more variety in the economy. We need small, unionized private businesses, we need employee ownership, and we need platform cooperatives.

We face big challenges. But here's what gives me a lot of hope. When markets fail and the safety nets of governments break down, people turn to each other, right? People start to cooperate by forming food cooperatives so that they can feed themselves during a crisis. They start to form platform cooperatives so that they can clean homes and still make a living wage. And when markets and governments for too long failed to address structural racism and inequality, people form institutions, like the Black Panthers' Free Breakfast Program for Children and the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of unions in the United States.

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