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 candidate, put forward a plan in July that would offer a tax incentive to firms to implement an employee stock ownership plans—ESOPs, as they are […]

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 Policy Priorities, found that ESOPs play an important role – and could play an even greater one – in addressing the wage and wealth gap […]

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 to create a large middle-class majority, then read on. A new book, THE 3rd WAY: Building “Inclusive Capitalism” through Employee Ownership presents a major idea […]

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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 profits local—and maybe even eradicate inequality. Rob Brown posted Nov 13, 2015 This article is part of New Economy Week, a collaboration between YES! Magazine and the […]

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 to see the one fresh economic growth idea that has finally jelled in American society and that cuts across party lines with the potential to […]

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 grocery powerhouse H-E-B, the family plans to reward 55,000 employees with a stock grant Jan. 1, with a goal of building that up to a […]

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 “to give workers the chance to share in the profits they help produce” through a two-year tax credit that would encourage profit-sharing. As social scientists […]

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 for increasing private employee ownership has achieved a status that we don’t hear of very often these days: widespread bipartisan consensus. That was apparent in […]