The Democracy Collaborative is a

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, American

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and research center founded at the

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in 2000. It is based in

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, and

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, and researches strategies to address income inequality, and to contribute to

community wealth building Community wealth building is a term which covers a range of approaches which "...aim at improving the ability of communities and individuals to increase asset ownership, anchor jobs locally by broadening ownership over capital, help achieve key en ...

and environmental and social sustainability.

Projects

Community-Wealth.org

Community-Wealth.org is a Democracy Collaborative project that seeks to facilitate conversation and creation of more equitable wealth distribution in American communities.

The Next System Project

The Democracy Collaborative's website calls the Next System Project "an ambitious multi-year initiative aimed at thinking boldly about what is required to deal with the systemic challenges the United States faces now and in coming decades."

Fifty by Fifty

Fifty by Fifty is an initiative that seeks to expand employee ownership in the United States. The Democracy Collaborative initiative hopes to help create 50 million employee owners by the year 2050.

People

Marjorie Kelly, Director of Special Projects, Distinguished Senior Fellow, cofounder of ''Business Ethics'' magazine. :* :*

References

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External links

Official website
Political and economic think tanks in the United States 501(c)(3) organizations Organizations established in 2000