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Carbon Tax-and-Invest

Carbon Tax-and-Invest

Based on the polluter pay principle, a carbon tax attaches a usage fee to fossil fuels in proportion to the carbon content of the fuel, providing a financial incentive to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. read more
Environment & Energy Democracy & Governance
Financiamiento De Facturas

Financiamiento De Facturas

Permite a los residentes de bajos ingresos, y que no tienen la posibilidad de optar por un capital inicial o crédito, financiar mejoras energéticas a través de ahorros previstos que podrán observar en facturas más bajas. read more
Environment & Energy Democracy & Governance
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Is another Europe possible?

by Joe Guinan, Thomas Hanna

Executive director of the Next System Project Joe Guinan, along with the Democracy Collaborative’s director of research Thomas Hanna write on the rising neoliberal characteristics of the EU, the unpopularity and the problems of this shift, and the possibility of another Europe. read more
Democracy & Governance
Social Democracy

Lane Kenworthy on Social Democracy as a Next System

by Lane Kenworthy

As part of our “New Systems: Possibilities and Proposals” series, Lane Kenworthy delves into a model for Social Democracy that he believes would be beneficial for a next system. read more
Democracy & Governance
Kurdish Women Struggle for a Next System in Rojava

Kurdish Women Struggle for a Next System in Rojava

by Ruken Isik

In order for women to be recognized as agents in society, the whole system needs to be changed. read more
Gender & Sexuality Democracy & Governance
Democracy and decentralisation are their watchwords: for Corbyn and McDonnell, it's municipal socialism reinvented

Democracy and decentralisation are their watchwords: for Corbyn and McDonnell, it’s municipal socialism reinvented

by Thomas Hanna, Joe Guinan

Executive director of the Next System Project Joe Guinan, along with the Democracy Collaborative’s director of research Thomas Hanna, discuss the push (and the challenge) for a 21st century socialist political economy in the Labour Party in the UK read more
Democracy & Governance
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Democracy and Decentralization: UK Labour Leaders Reframe Socialism for the 21st Century

by Gar Alperovitz, Joe Guinan

The Next System Project’s Gar Alperovitz and Joe Guinan discuss Jeremy Corbyn’s reframing of socialism for the 21st century and how the U.S. might follow suit. read more
Democracy & Governance Democratic Ownership
Markets in the next system

Markets in the Next System

by Jesse A. Myerson

Capital markets are prone to careening wildly between booms, when they allot far too many financial resources, and busts, when they allot far too few. read more
Democracy & Governance Democratic Ownership
The Internet Needs a New Economy

The Internet Needs a New Economy

by Nathan Schneider, Trebor Scholz

The tech industry, for all its talk of “sharing” and “democratizing,” has become addicted to a business model of massive early investment in exchange for massive short-term returns. read more
Democracy & Governance Democratic Ownership