Democratic Ownership

In this article, Next System Project Co-chair Gar Alperovitz discusses the surprising decision by The Wall Street Journal to suddenly release a long essay on the threat of capitalism and possible alternatives. read more

The mission of the NEW Group is to support the articulation and popularization of a bold, coherent, holistic, compelling, and accessible vision of unrealized economic possibility. read more

The Democracy Collaborative’s Joe Guinan and Thomas Hanna discuss the power of Jeremy Corbyn and examine the claims that public ownership is inefficient in this piece for openDemocracyUK. read more

In this article for The New York Times, co-founder of the Democracy Collaborative Gar Alperovitz, along with the Democracy Collaborative’s director of research Thomas M. Hanna discuss socialism in 21st century America. read more

Joe Guinan, senior fellow at the Democracy Collaborative and executive director of the Next System Project, discusses the political, economic, and environmental disasters occurring today, and points to salvage in the form of workers’ control. read more

The Democracy Collaborative’s Gar Alperovitz and Thomas Hanna write about publicly owned broadband in certain American cities, and discuss the merits of public ownership and these cities’ ability to push back against corporate control of a vital economic resource. read more

Within a capitalist society, such as America, there is an obvious emphasis on private ownership. However, successful uses of public ownership models can be found in the unlikeliest of states. read more

In the United States, conservative Nebraska is the only state where every single resident and business receives electricity from a community-owned institution rather than a for-profit corporation. read more