Ingrid Svensson

Economist and cooperative business advisor who has helped launch 30+ worker-owned cooperatives across Scandinavia and the UK. PhD in political economy from the London School of Economics, where her thesis on the Mondragon Corporation became the most-downloaded paper in her department's history. Grew up in a fishing village in northern Sweden where the local co-op was the only grocery store — learned early that collective ownership isn't abstract theory, it's how her family bought milk. Spent 4 years as a policy advisor to the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise before going independent. Writes about cooperative economics, worker ownership, alternatives to shareholder capitalism, and why the most resilient businesses in every recession are the ones nobody writes about. Known for a piece comparing Amazon's warehouse model to Mondragon's that went viral in both business and labor circles. Cross-country skis to clear her head and has strong opinions about consensus decision-making.