In this first place undergraduate entry in the Next System Project Essay Competition, Raghav Sharma charts a path out of the crisis of liberal democracy and its attendant marginalizing blindspots towards a renewed direct democracy grounded in everyday family and community life. read more

Charles Rupert examines the philosophical role of labor in the determination of value, and on this basis, articulates a precise and ambitious recalibration of the relationships between the institutions of property, enterprise, rent, debt, and income. read more

In this first place at-large entry in the Next System Essay Competition, members of the Symbiosis Research Collective present a vision of how to expand the networks of “dual power” from the rebel city towards the system level. read more

Melissa Padilla’s second place undergraduate entry in our Next System Project Essay Competition offers a philosophical grounding and far-reaching institutional design for a next system capable of delivering social justice. read more

Alexander Riccio’s second place graduate entry in our Next System Project Essay Competition explores how “strategy and prefiguration complement each other as means to liberation.” read more

In this second place at-large entry in our Next System Project Essay Competition, Guy Dauncey confronts the foundational myths of our current economic system, and highlights where the foundations of a more equitable and sustainable system are being built today. read more