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Element of the democratic economy: Public bank

Public Banks

by Adam Simpson

How financial institutions owned by and accountable to the people help create a nonextractive economy. read more
Money & Banking Democratic Ownership
Health care costs

A Nobel Prize-winning cancer therapy will be unaffordable for most Americans. Public pharmaceuticals can help change that.

by Dana Brown

This year’s Nobel Prize in medicine for work on cancer immunotherapies should remind us that life-saving innovations are financially out of reach for most patients in the United States. That’s why we need public pharmaceutical companies that could affordably produce and distribute these medications. read more
Democratic Ownership Health & Wellbeing
The commons

The Commons

by Dana Brown

The commons are collective resources—encompassing things as varied as land, seed banks, and open-source software—managed by self-organized social systems under mutually acceptable terms. read more
Democratic Ownership Democracy & Governance

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Episode 24: The Antidote to the Amazon Economy

by Stacy Mitchell, Katie Parker, Adam Simpson

Stacy Mitchell, Co-Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) joins Adam Simpson and special co-host Katie Parker to discuss how locally-minded economics would change our communities. read more
Democratic Ownership Money & Banking
Land bank – Elements of a Democratic Economy

Land Bank

by Jarrid Green

Land banks can acquire abandoned, foreclosed, and tax-delinquent properties in order to convert them into productive use. read more
Community & Place Democratic Ownership

Community Land Trust

by Jarrid Green

CLTs are nonprofit organizations that acquire and steward land in a “trust” for the permanent benefit of low-income communities. read more
Democratic Ownership Community & Place

Resident-Owned Community

by Jarrid Green

Resident-owned communities (ROCs) are manufactured housing neighborhoods (sometimes referred to as mobile home or trailer parks) in which the land is community-owned and managed. read more
Democratic Ownership Community & Place

Limited Equity Housing Cooperative

by Jarrid Green

A limited equity housing cooperative is a residential development owned and managed by a democratically governed, nonprofit cooperative corporation, such as a tenants’ union. read more
Democratic Ownership Community & Place
Thomas Hanna on the Real News Network

Real News Network Explores How to Face The Next Financial Crisis

by Isaiah J. Poole, Thomas Hanna

The United States is due for another financial crisis, and when it happens many of the underlying conditions will be worse than they were at the time of the 2008 financial crash, says Thomas Hanna, research director of the Democracy Collaborative and the author of the report, read more
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