Chris Cook is a critic of a commons approach based on Trusts, preferring partnership frameworks that can be scaled globally.

Introduction

Introductory article by Chris Cook: If Not Global Capitalism - then What?

See also: What is Open about Open Capital

The article Open vs. Closed Corporate Partnerships conveys how it differs from the classic corporation.

His approach is generally called Open Capital. See also: Cooperative Capitalism and Market 3.0

His institutional proposals are outlined here: Energy and Heat Pooling, Community Land Partnership. They are based on a new legal form enabled in the UK: the Limited Liability Partnership

According to Dmytri Kleiner, Chris Cook's approach has similar aims than Venture Communism and Modular Company models.