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The Citizen's Share: Reducing Inequality in the 21st Century
by Joseph R. Blasi, Richard Barry Freeman, Douglas Kruse
Description: The Citizen's Share: Reducing Inequality in the 21st Century examines how shared ownership and economic participation can address wealth inequality in modern society. The authors analyze strategies to increase employee and citizen stakes in companies and communities
ISBN: 0300209339
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Alex3917 · 2017-12-14 · Original thread
> Welfare does the opposite of this. It helps people merely subsist, not strive for greatness.

I mean the entire United States was founded on the belief that welfare unlocks greatness, because the founding fathers all believed that citizens wouldn't contribute to having a republic unless they shared in the ownership of the means of production. It's not like this is some crazy new experiment, we've been doing this for hundreds of years with everything from cod fisheries in the 1700s, the homestead act in the 1800s, ESOPs in the 1900s, tech startups in the 2000s, etc.

Source: https://www.amazon.com/Citizens-Share-Reducing-Inequality-Ce...