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Equality

by Gar Alperovitz

Why is equality a key part of the Pluralist Commonwealth? How is movement towards equality achieved in the Pluralist Commonwealth? What examples prefigure equality as envisioned in the Pluralist Commonwealth? read more
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Regionalism

Regionalism

by Gar Alperovitz

Why consider long term regional devolution of power? How might long term devolution to regionalist patterns operate in the Pluralist Commonwealth? What are some on-the-ground developments that suggest possibilities for the future of regionalism? read more
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America

by Gar Alperovitz

Why is the Pluralist Commonwealth an American system? What resources for a Pluralist Commonwealth can be found in the American tradition? read more
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trade

Trade

by Gar Alperovitz

Why are current approaches to trade problematic? How would the Pluralist Commonwealth approach trade? What existing efforts point toward a sustainable and just trade regime? read more
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bureaucracy

Bureaucracy

by Gar Alperovitz

Why is bureaucracy problematic? What can be done in a pluralist commonwealth to minimize necessary bureaucracy? What contemporary interventions or potential interventions illustrate democratic control of large-scale entities? read more
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Principles of a Pluralist Commonwealth: Introduction

by Gar Alperovitz

If the design of corporate capitalism is unable to sustain values of equality, genuine democracy, liberty, and ecological sustainability as a matter of inherent systemic architecture, what systemic ‘design’ might ultimately achieve and sustain these values? read more
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Community, Democracy, and Mutual Aid

Community, Democracy, and Mutual Aid

by Matthew Porges, Dayton Martindale, Katie Horvath, Mason Herson-Hord, John Michael Colón

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
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From Perception to Participation

From Perception to Participation

by Raghav Sharma

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
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How Philanthropy Can Help Community Development Survive Trump

How Philanthropy Can Help Community Development Survive Trump

by Gar Alperovitz, Ted Howard

Co-founders of the Democracy Collaborative Gar Alperovitz and Ted Howard discuss the destruction that Trump’s administration could have on community development and the main beacon of hope in the form of philanthropy in this article for The Chronicle of Philanthropy. read more
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