Reply #39: very interesting, but the opposite of what it means today. The word and concept may

[robinlynne]

have evolved from that, and in fact, there were no corporations yet, at the time this article begins "corporativism".
but unfortunately, our corporatism is not at all about cooperation with each other, as opposed to the idea of free market. What we have is the idea of free market gone awry, and the corporations are larger and larger holders of wealth and power.

(I know you know that, just saying.)