The economy is in a time between paradigms. The variety of capitalism that rose to power in the 1970’s is unfit for the challenges of the 21st century. Workers are falling behind, monopolies are crowding out small business, and rates of productivity and innovation are dwindling. To design a new economy, we need new policies. We already have a wide variety of policy options, each with substantial research behind them. But we lack public resources that make it easy to discover, learn about, or share them. Our mission is to provide a platform that empowers these bold ideas with potential for deep change. We bring all the research on these policies together, and make it accessible to all. A new paradigm is emerging, and we can help it along, one good policy at a time.

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The persistence of poverty amidst our plenitude has vexed economists for centuries. Despite all our progress, the safety net in America leaves too many citizens in behind. Basic income offers a surprisingly simple solution. But would investing in basic income be more effective than other strategies?

Basic Income

Most American workers have no power in the workplace, leaving them with little say in the decisions that govern their everyday lives. Could codetermination deliver a form of economic democracy that benefits workers and firms alike?

Codetermination

It takes a community to raise land values, but property owners capture most of the benefit. No other policy has so much bipartisan support in theory, with so little uptake in practice as land value taxation. As new technologies ease administrative burdens, might it finally be time for a land value tax?

Land Value Tax

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Recipients of Stockton's unconditional basic income obtained full-time employment at more than twice the rate of non-recipients.

A common concern regarding unconditional cash transfers is that they might foster welfare dependency and discourage work. A growing list of studies find negligible impacts on work.… View

Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration Preliminary Results

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