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Green stimulus

Let the people design a green stimulus

by Isaiah J. Poole

Public spending that puts people back to work building the infrastructure we need is a well-intentioned policy. But this time the infrastructure spending must be green—and all of us have to be in on the decision-making.  read more
Environment & Energy Public Planning
A blister pack of medicine in pill form

Commitments to public pharmaceutical production in the Democratic primary

Our report Medicine For All: The Case for a Public Option in the Pharmaceutical Industry  argues that truly making pharmaceuticals accessible and affordable for all Americans will require public ownership of pharmaceutical production read more
Health & Wellbeing Public Planning
Elizabeth Warren against a backdrop of pills

The Warren/Schakowsky public pharma bill: a good first step

by Dana Brown

Warren and Schakowsky’s bill, by putting public manufacturing for the public good on the table as a real option, represents an important advance, but there are further important opportunities to expand the scope and impact of public pharma that we should not neglect.  read more
Public Planning Health & Wellbeing
Containers of prescription medication

It’s Time for a Public Option in the Pharmaceutical Industry

by Dana Brown, Thomas Hanna

Drug companies are hated for a reason—they exist to maximize profits, not make us healthier. It’s time to put them under public control. read more
Public Planning Democratic Ownership Health & Wellbeing
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Episode 17: Social Transformation Through ‘The Commons’ (w/ David Bollier)

by David Bollier, Adam Simpson

How the commons give us a frame to think against enclosures and towards a next system. read more
Democracy & Governance Community & Place Public Planning Money & Banking
Over a yellow background icons representing buses, trains, radio towers, and utility towers form interlocking patterns

Episode 11: The Transformative Potential of Public Ownership (w/Andrew Cumbers)

by Andrew Cumbers, Thomas Hanna, Adam Simpson

Andrew Cumbers discusses democratic public ownership of industry, large and small. read more
Democracy & Governance Democratic Ownership Public Planning
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Episode 4: Darrick Hamilton on the racial wealth gap & the job guarantee

by Darrick Hamilton, Adam Simpson

On the Next System Podcast, Darrick Hamilton discusses his work as a “stratification economist” on the racial wealth gap in the US and why we need a federal job guarantee. read more
Public Planning Community & Place Race & Ethnicity Movement Strategy & History
A delicious donut with pink frosting is used to depict the basics of Kate Raworth's 'Doughnut Economics' model.

Episode 2: Kate Raworth on ‘Doughnut Economics’

by Adam Simpson, Kate Raworth

How can a doughnut help us understand what outdated economic narratives leave out, and help us build the economics we need for the 21st century? read more
Environment & Energy Health & Wellbeing Public Planning Community & Place Gender & Sexuality
Planning

Planning

by Gar Alperovitz

What is the role of planning in our present economic system? How would planning function in the Pluralist Commonwealth? Where are new models of decentralized and more participatory planning being explored today? read more
Public Planning