Stories

Public ownership is gaining ground against privatization—here’s why neoliberalism’s narrative is falling apart and why the people are taking back the economy. read more

Citizens’ have untapped power to hold financial elites to account—and implement a Green New Deal. That power can be used to transform the balance between the people and the private finance sector. But first, we have to break through the fog surrounding the monetary system. read more

The focus on learning to program the robots that are taking our jobs is a trap. Organizing unions and developing pathways to ownership is the best way workers can address the anxiety of the so-called “automation age,” not chasing the labor market demands of elites. read more

This is a key moment for the state of California to step in, take over, and design a utility system that centers affordability, reliability, resiliency and leadership on climate change. read more

Municipal enterprises are businesses or services owned by local public authorities that provide services or generate revenue for local communities. read more

One crucial player in the institutional landscape of all successful examples of community wealth building is a community bank. read more

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

There is more at stake in the “Green New Deal” than protecting the planet from the threat of climate change; it’s also a chance to confront the inequities of the current economy. Johanna Bozuwa, research associate at The Next System Project; Anthony Torres, a campaign strategist at the Sierra Club; and Evan Weber, political director and co-founder of the Sunrise Movement, discuss the broader goals that the Green New Deal movement must achieve. read more

Description An employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) enables full or partial ownership of a business by its employees through a pension plan or trust. The first ESOP was created in 1956 by a San F read more