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07
Jan
An Un-American Economy: The Tyranny We Funded
Shareholder primacy isn't how markets work. It's a fifty-year experiment that recreated the very tyranny the founders revolted against. And your index funds paid for it.
7 min read
17
Dec
Reading Recommendations
In this season of gift giving, we are contemplating how to be generous, how to show care and, yet, how
4 min read
02
Dec
Giving Every Day
Today is Giving Tuesday. And truth be told, I don’t love this day. It defies logic because we talk
5 min read
25
Nov
The Race for Profit is Deadly
You've heard us say it before, but the focus on capital and profits is violent, harmful and, yes,
1 min read
20
Nov
The Great Equity Wash: How Private Equity is Hijacking Employee Ownership
If you’ve been reading the financial press lately, you might believe that the masters of the universe have suddenly
4 min read
13
Nov
We Are Celebrating the Wrong Things
The rise of this philanthropic legacy is often met with headlines of celebration, but for us, it sparks a deep, contemplative sigh and compels us to wish for three fundamental shifts in what we celebrate.
6 min read
05
Nov
Building the Ownership Economy: Why We Created The Unlock Ownership Fund
The American economy is failing most people. We created the Unlock Ownership Fund to accelerate a just transition away from
5 min read
28
Oct
AI as Accelerant: Amplifying Extraction, Not Escaping It
Forget utopia or Skynet. AI isn't a revolution. It's a powerful accelerant for the extractive capitalism already breaking our world.
13 min read
21
Oct
"Lens Investing" Is Just Admiring the Problem
Impact investing doesn’t need another lens; it needs a lever. Stop admiring the system’s flaws and start shifting power to those building something better.
4 min read
14
Oct
The Grievance Economy
In a January report, Edelman found that a staggering 61% of people hold a "moderate or higher" sense of grievance against the institutions that run their lives. Four in ten people now find "hostile activism" tactics acceptable. 23% approve of threatening or committing violence.
5 min read