On Cooperation

Summary

In the book «On Cooperation», Vladimir Ilyich Lenin examines cooperation as a crucial element of socialist construction. He emphasizes that cooperation is a form of labor and production organization that helps unite peasants and workers, improve their economic conditions, and increase productivity. Lenin views cooperation as a means to overcome petty-bourgeois tendencies and transition to a socialist economy. He highlights the necessity of state support for the cooperative movement and its integration into the overall system of socialist economy. The book calls for the active development of cooperatives as a foundation for building a socialist society.