by nicolette | Aug 29, 2018 | New Economy Roundup
This week we’re talking about the U.S.’ ongoing prison strike, workers’ radical self-management in Greece, and a business incubator for Native American entrepreneurs.
by nicolette | Aug 15, 2018 | New Economy Roundup
This week we’re talking about summertime tunes from independent artists, women-run coops revolutionizing farming, and voting for the Corporate Hall of Shame.
by nicolette | Aug 2, 2018 | New Economy Roundup
This week we’re talking about survival socialism, housing democracy in Vienna, and how to make “the economy” more interesting. Scroll down for our Jobs and Events boards!
by shavaun | Aug 1, 2018 | Resources
There is an emerging opportunity to develop strategies related to land and housing that can help create inclusive, participatory, and sustainable economies built on locally-rooted, broad-based ownership of place-based assets. This report provides an overview of strategies and tools that, as a group, represent an innovative and potentially powerful new approach—one that establishes, in various ways, community control of land and housing.
by lex | Aug 1, 2018 | Resources
This report examines the challenges and opportunities of worker cooperatives in the Chicagoland region. The paper discusses the need for worker cooperative development in Chicago, the current barriers cooperatives face to operating, and potential suggestions for local policy aimed at creating policies which would enable worker cooperatives to thrive. Supporting worker cooperative development could bring numerous advantages already proven in comparable cities – including growth of jobs, wages, and economic opportunity.
Produced through a partnership with Illinois Worker Cooperative Alliance and The John Marshall Law School-Chicago Business Enterprise Law Clinic.
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