Adam Simpson

Adam Simpson

Adam Simpson

Adam Simpson was a program associate with the Next System Project at The Democracy Collaborative from October 2016 to October 2019. He worked on financial and monetary policy, and also wrote about universal basic income and the future of work.

Publications

Rise against predatory landlords

November 1, 2019

The homes guarantee: A promise of housing for people, not profit

by Adam Simpson, Stephanie Bastek, Tiana Caldwell, Saoirse Gowan, Tara Raghuveer, Christy Respress

Democratizing power in rural America through electric co-ops

October 7, 2019

Democratizing power in rural America through electric co-ops

by Johanna Bozuwa, Nikita Perumal, Adam Simpson, Chris Woolery

Tools are hung on a wall of a workshop with different colors overlapping over them.

August 6, 2019

Election-year debate: “Wish-list economics” or necessary transformation?

by Johanna Bozuwa, Dana Brown, Ronnie Galvin, Saoirse Gowan, Thomas Hanna, Adam Simpson

Bank of North Dakota

July 29, 2019

Celebrating 100 years of public banking

by Thomas Hanna, Adam Simpson

June 11, 2019

The policy approach to mainstreaming worker ownership

by Saoirse Gowan, Mo Manklang, Adam Simpson

May 15, 2019

Social wealth funds as vehicles of economic empowerment

by Gabriel Acevero, Jhumpa Bhattacharya, Matt Bruenig, Adam Simpson

Element of the Democratic Economy: Social Wealth Fund

March 28, 2019

Social wealth fund

by Adam Simpson

March 19, 2019

Participatory budgeting: When government really is by the people

by Shari Davis, Alexander Kolokotronis, Loriane Ngarambe, Adam Simpson

John Oliver on "Last Week Tonight" discusses workplace automation

March 6, 2019

What John Oliver Gets Wrong About Robots and Jobs

by Adam Simpson

Financing the green transition

February 13, 2019

Financing the green transition

by Jackie Fielder, Adam Simpson, Carla Skandier, Kat Taylor

January 24, 2019

From private profit to public alternatives

by Shahrzad Habibi, Thomas Hanna, Cat Hobbs, Adam Simpson

Welding robots

January 23, 2019

The problem isn’t robots taking our jobs. It’s oligarchs taking our power

by Adam Simpson

Sunrise Movement Green New Deal demonstration Congress

December 12, 2018

The Green New Deal and the shift to a new economy

by Johanna Bozuwa, Adam Simpson, Anthony Torres, Evan Weber

Shopping Cart Perched on Cliff

November 20, 2018

When “growing the economy” is not the right answer: Moving to sustainability

by Carina Millstone, Adam Simpson

Overhead views of New York and LA with a bank icon superimposed across them

November 2, 2018

The Campaign for Public Banks, From Coast to Coast

by Adam Simpson, David Jette, Juleon Robinson

Element of the democratic economy: Public bank

October 24, 2018

Public Banks

by Adam Simpson

September 19, 2018

Episode 24: The Antidote to the Amazon Economy

by Stacy Mitchell, Katie Parker, Adam Simpson

September 7, 2018

Episode 23: Community Control of Land and Housing

by Jarrid Green, Adam Simpson

July 19, 2018

Episode 22: The Preston Model for Economic Revival

by Adam Simpson, Matthew Brown

June 19, 2018

Episode 21: Worker Cooperatives & System Change with Esteban Kelly

by Esteban Kelly, Adam Simpson

red and blue fists are sprawled over a yellow-orange background

April 16, 2018

Episode 20: Towards the Inclusive Workers’ Movement of the Future (W/ Dorian Warren)

by Adam Simpson, Dorian Warren

a map of the united states is colored in blue, excepting the counties of appalachia which are colored red with a paisley pattern

March 28, 2018

Episode 19: Extraction & Resilience in Appalachia (w/Elizabeth Catte)

by Elizabeth Catte, Adam Simpson

March 12, 2018

Episode 18: The New Abolitionism & Monetary Freedom (w/Delman Coates)

by Delman Coates, Adam Simpson

on a field with flowers, the word commons is displayed with a ghostly geometric pattern underneath the image.

February 22, 2018

Episode 17: Social Transformation Through ‘The Commons’ (w/ David Bollier)

by David Bollier, Adam Simpson

February 12, 2018

Episode 16: “Resist & Build”: Discussing the Solidarity Economy (w/ Emily Kawano)

by Emily Kawano, Adam Simpson

a wall is half covered in graffiti, in the top half, which is mostly unadorned, the word 'DECOLONIZE' is painted in large black and white letters

January 17, 2018

Episode 15: How Communities Can Take Control of Their Police (w/ Max Rameau)

by Max Rameau, Adam Simpson

December 20, 2017

Episode 14: The Job Guarantee & Social Justice (w/ Pavlina Tcherneva)

by Pavlina Tcherneva, Cecilia Gingerich, Adam Simpson

December 1, 2017

Episode 12: Black Power Vs. Black Capitalism (w/ Nishani Frazier)

by Nishani Frazier , Adam Simpson

Over a yellow background icons representing buses, trains, radio towers, and utility towers form interlocking patterns

November 15, 2017

Episode 11: The Transformative Potential of Public Ownership (w/Andrew Cumbers)

by Andrew Cumbers, Thomas Hanna, Adam Simpson

Gar Alperovitz's head shot to the left of the image, a spiral pattern in white and blue is to the right.

November 7, 2017

Episode 10.2: The Pluralist Commonwealth (w/Gar Alperovitz)

by Gar Alperovitz, Adam Simpson

Gar Alperovitz is on the right side of the screen, with icons from from left to right signifying his time in Wisconsin, his work on the decision to drop the atomic bomb, his work with MLK jr., and his antiwar efforts during Vietnam.

November 1, 2017

Episode 10.1: System Change, Past & Present (w/Gar Alperovitz)

by Gar Alperovitz, Adam Simpson

October 25, 2017

Episode 9: Energizing Democracy By Democratizing Energy w/Denise Fairchild

by Johanna Bozuwa, Denise Fairchild, Adam Simpson

a clear image of a protest is scene through the lens of a camera

October 18, 2017

Episode 8: The Next System of Media w/Laura Flanders

by Laura Flanders, Adam Simpson

A blue globe with solar panels and windmills and forests on its edges floats in a pink sky

September 26, 2017

Episode 7: Why Climate Change Necessitates System Change w/Gus Speth

by Adam Simpson, Gus Speth

Four fractal trees creep out from the center of the screen. A horizontal line runs across the screen, white on top, red on the bottom.

September 20, 2017

Episode 6: Capital Bias vs. Generative Design w/ Marjorie Kelly

by Marjorie Kelly, Adam Simpson

A blue and green sphere hangs in space, the sphere is divided down the middle with a human face on the left, a world on fire on the right.

September 12, 2017

Episode 5: Toward Climate Justice w/ Jacqueline Patterson & Basav Sen

by Jacqueline Patterson, Basav Sen, Adam Simpson

A silhouette of person cutting wires frames an image of a set of wrenches. The background appears to be a damaged industrial setting, a concrete wall with pink splotches.

September 5, 2017

Episode 4: Darrick Hamilton on the racial wealth gap & the job guarantee

by Darrick Hamilton, Adam Simpson

wind turbines and stacks of cash are displayed over a dark, forest green background

August 30, 2017

Episode 3: Carbon tax & Social Dividends w/ Jeremiah Lowery & Camila Thorndike

by Jeremiah Lowery, Adam Simpson, Carla Skandier, Camila Thorndike

A delicious donut with pink frosting is used to depict the basics of Kate Raworth's 'Doughnut Economics' model.

August 23, 2017

Episode 2: Kate Raworth on ‘Doughnut Economics’

by Adam Simpson, Kate Raworth

A caterpillar turns into a chrysalis, and then into a butterfly.

August 15, 2017

Ep. 1: Gar Alperovitz & Gus Speth on the Next System

by Adam Simpson, Gus Speth, Gar Alperovitz

Michael Hudson on Junk Economics: Highlights from our interview

March 23, 2017

Michael Hudson on Junk Economics: Highlights from our interview

by Adam Simpson

For Reparations: A Conversation With William A. Darity Jr.

March 10, 2017

For Reparations: A Conversation With William A. Darity Jr.

by Adam Simpson, Carla Skandier, William A. Darity Jr.

Who owns the robots?

February 1, 2017

Who owns the robots?

by Adam Simpson

Cooperative Banking in Croatia

December 14, 2016

Cooperative Banking in Croatia

by Adam Simpson, Sarah McKinley