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Chivukula Follows Up on His Career in Elected Office with an Economic Blueprint

By Max Pizarro • 09/17/16 8:35pm BRIDGEWATER – Upendra Chivukula’s appearance earlier today at the public library here should have been a happy occasion. Instead, it merely underscored the intellectual…
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Chivukula Talks New Book, Bipartisanship and Making Capitalism Work for Everyone

By Alyana Alfaro - 09/12/16 3:38am - from Observer - PolitickerNJ   Authors Upendra Chivukula and Veny W. Musum will host a conversation about their book, The 3rd Way, with a presentation and…
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New book, “THE 3rd WAY,” presents major idea to renew The American Dream

-- The Trentonian (Trenton, NJ) - 29 Apr 2016 - Advertorial Click here for the story!
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Does Employee Ownership Work?

Does Employee Ownership Work? By Upendra Chivukula and Veny W. Musum - March 23, 2016 Today, almost 50% of Americans own zero capital wealth. With the already manifest discontent all over…
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OPINION: Presidential platforms failing America

SOURCE: dailyre.co/1prPIJR - Upendra J. Chivukula & Veny W. Musum - 12:02 a.m. EDT March 18, 2016 In a 2014 interview with Frank Rich, comedian Chris Rock said, “If poor people knew how…
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ICEPN TV Special Interview with Upendra Chivukula

“Inclusive” capitalism would change the playing field by offering significant tax incentives to corporations willing to establish employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), allowing employees to acquire capital shares without…
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Making Choices: Is an employee stock ownership plan the best option for your business?

By Upendra Chivukula & Veny W. Musum in Management Today Magazine A model for employee ownership certainly is W.L. Gore & Associates, a company owned by an Employee Stock Ownership…
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Income inequality solutions offered by Basking Ridge author

By W. JACOB PERRY, Staff Writer, The Bernardsville News BERNARDS TWP. - A growing gap between the rich and poor has become a hot topic in the 2016 Presidential election,…
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Chivukula Co-Authors Book on Bipartisan Answers to Economic Reform

By Alyana Alfaro - Politicker NJ Upendra Chivukula is a former Democratic Assemblyman and the current commissioner of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. Now he has added “author”…
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Proposed Legislative Changes to Address Income Inequality – Pro Se Nation

THE 3rd WAY authors Upendra Chivukula and Veny Musum assert that changes to the corporate tax laws and the adoption of wide-spread employee profit sharing will provide a solution to…
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“Democratic politican and Republican businessman co-author book on solving income inequality”

By The Jersey Journal on NJ.COM In today's political and social climate, it's more than a little bit unusual to see a Democrat politician and a Republican businessman reach an agreement on…
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How Congress Can Pass Tax Reform That Actually Helps the Middle Class

Learn how Congress can finally help the middle class of American. Click the link to read more! http://fortune.com/2017/10/12/congress-tax-reform-middle-class/
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Rutgers Aims to Save Jobs

  "PISCATAWAY – The Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations on Wednesday announced the launch of a new center to assist businesses exploring the prospect of employee ownership, a job-saving alternative…
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HUD’s Poor Need Paths to Wealth, not Vouchers to Affluent Zip Codes

by John Anthony, Founder, Sustainable Freedom Lab, ©2017   (Mar. 1, 2017) — Rather than help low-income families learn the skills to succeed, HUD wants to move them into “opportunity-rich…
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American Revolution 2.0 aims to help citizens analyze most pressing issues

The forum will debut at the Morristown / Morris Township Public Library, 1 Miller Road, Morristown on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 from 1 to 4:45 p.m. What is most needed…
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SCLSNJ third annual Small Business Expo to be held Sept 17

By Community Bulletin Somerset County Library System of New Jersey's third annual Small Business Expo will be held September 17, 1-4 p.m. at SCLSNJ's Bridgewater Library branch, located at 1…
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Somerset County Libraries Hold Small Business Expo

"Before the Expo doors open, authors Upendra Chivukula and Veny W. Musum will host a brief conversation about their book, “The 3rd Way,” with a question and answer session at…
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The Book In A Nutshell!

The oppressive Socialist/Communist/Fascist, all powerful “State Dominant” systems have been tried and FAILED every time in every part of the world.  However, current “Concentrated Capitalism” is leading to a FAILED…
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The Third Way: Share-the-Gains Capitalism

By Robert Reich [Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; author, ‘Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few’’] Article Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/the-third-way-sharethegai_b_9823350.html   Marissa Mayer tells us a…
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What Chobani’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan Means for the Middle Class

By Joseph R. Blasi [ J. Robert Beyster Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University & author of THE CITIZEN’S SHARE: Reducing Inequality in the 21st Century with Richard Freeman and Douglas Kruse.]…
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“How to Fight Inequality with Stocks” – New research finds an intriguing benefit to employee ownership

By Danny Vinik, Politico/The Agenda In the grand national debate over inequality, the nuances of a company’s ownership structure don’t get a lot of airtime. Hillary Clinton, maybe the wonkiest…
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Former White House Economist says ESOPs Address the Wage Inequality Gap

In a new study released today and commissioned by ESCA, Jared Bernstein, former chief economist to Vice President Joe Biden and a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and…
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“New Book Proposes Bipartisan Solution On Taxes, Jobs, Income Inequality”

By Brian Feinblum, BookMarketingBuzzBlog If you want to see the one fresh economic growth idea that has finally jelled in American society and that cuts across party lines with the potential…
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The 3rd Way’ promotes ‘inclusive capitalism’ to halt growing disparity between the rich and the poor

  Editor's note: This monthly column explores ideas, insights and discoveries made in New Jersey that are shaping our future. It’s vital to keep moving forward, except when you are…
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10 Reasons to Leave Your Company to Your Workers When You Retire

10 Reasons to Leave Your Company to Your Workers When You Retire It’s a once-in-a-generation opportunity: Selling to employees can yield a better price, preserve a legacy, keep jobs and…
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A new, provocative book reveals there is a proven, bipartisan answer to our divisive political issues of today

It shows how RED can collaborate with BLUE. It will lead to inclusive capitalism and economic democracy. New Book Proposes Bipartisan Solution On Taxes, Jobs, Income Inequality  THE 3rdWAY If you want…
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H-E-B to give employees an ownership stake.

H-E-B to give employees an ownership stake. By Vicki Vaughan November 2, 2015 Updated: 10:41pm While Charles Butt and his family will remain in place as the primary owners of…
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Capitalism for the Rest of Us

By JOSEPH R. BLASI, RICHARD B. FREEMAN and DOUGLAS L. KRUSE JULY 17, 2015 IN her most detailed economic policy address so far, Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that she wanted…
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THE HILL: The Promotion and Expansion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015

The Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015 By Reps. Dave Reichert (R-Wash.) and Ron Kind (D-Wis.) September 16, 2015 In the current politically polarized environment, support…
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Can Capitalists Save Capitalism?

JAN. 20, 2015 By: Thomas B. Edsall Key Democrats have reached agreement on a set of policies known as “inclusive capitalism”: a forceful market-oriented economic agenda intended to counter inequality,…
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Whatever Happened to ‘Every Man a King’?

FEB. 11, 2014 By: Thomas B. Edsall www.nytimes.com/2014/02/12  A passionate group of labor economists has taken up a cause championed 40 years ago by Senator Russell Long of Louisiana: to…
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Obama Should Push to Give Workers a Stake

Jan 20, 2015 7:30 AM EST By Peter R. Orszag Bloombergview.com/articles/2015-01-20 Here's a good idea that I'd like to see prominent in President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech…
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ESOPs Take the Oxymoron Out of “Inclusive Capitalism”

January 29, 2015/in ESOP, Law /by ESOP Plus Staff ESOPs Take the Oxymoron Out of “Inclusive Capitalism”   In a January 20, 2015, op-Ed piece in the New York Times,…
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John Menke – President & CEO – Menke & Associates, Inc.

In my view, THE 3rd WAY may potentially do more to change society for the better than any other book ever published.  As we know from the Piketty book, “Capital…
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