Willy worked as an economist for the Ministry of Transport in The Netherlands. He was involved in policy analysis studies and later in European transport research. He served as a Dutch representative in subsequent Framework Programmes of the EU, in the field of transport. After his retirement he became interested in alternative economic systems and their classification.

A French connection
Willy Diddens charts how a democratic foundation and government involvement has created a resilient cooperative movement in Canada’s largest province. In times of rapid economic transformation, the cooperative movement in




