Prof. Dan CRUCERU PhD
“Artifex” University of Bucharest
Abstract
This paper emphasizes the contribution of the famous Romanian politician I.G. Duca to the development and independence of the cooperative sector in our country. There are reviewed some of his published opinions, and also a small excerpt of a political debate against Nicolae Iorga and Ion Mihalache. The works of IG Duca outline the moral side of cooperatives, considered to be of great importance in the attempt to implement the cooperative system in the Romanian economy, characterized by specific conditions.