Return of the Robber Barons: read Michael Hudson’s @democracycollab.bsky.social paper on Trump’s tariffs and his inverted understanding of what drove the success of America’s nineteenth-century industrial takeoff. www.democracycollaborative.org/whatwethink/...

New Scottish #communitywealthbuilding video.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIzb...

Join Northern Virginians for the Democratizing NOVA Summit 2025 at George Mason University!
#NorthernVirginia #nextsystem #systemchange @democracycollab.bsky.social #NoVA @georgemasonu.bsky.social

Last week Minister Tom Arthur told the Scottish Parliament about the irrefutable advantages of Community Wealth Building

TDC’s CWB Global Lead @neilmcinroy.bsky.social continues to promote, develop and advise on the model across Scotland

Scottish CWB legislation is due later this year

📝 NEW TRAINING: Introduction to Community Wealth Building

Join us to learn about Community Wealth Building as an approach to local economic system change starting in your place and/or community.

Register here ⤵️

www.democracycollaborative.org/events/intro...

The energy sector’s ‘Wind Rush’ risks replicating existing patterns of financialized extraction.

www.democracycollaborative.org/whatwethink/...

If Community Wealth Building approaches are to continue to grow and become the foundations of a more sustainable economy, they’ll inevitably come into conflict with existing models of financialization and extraction. A look at offshore wind in Shetland: www.democracycollaborative.org/whatwethink/...

The immediate challenge is not to be shocked and awed into confusion and debilitating paralysis but instead to formulate a counter-response commensurate with the scale of the challenges and capable of reaching the vast majority of ordinary Americans. www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/shock-...

Only a few days in, and already we can see the broad shape of what Trump’s Second Term will bring — a radical effort to reshape and repurpose the administrative state. www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/shock-...

Sally Rooney in the Irish Times on the urgent need for a next system of political economy beyond capitalism. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Our Index of Systemic Trends, via Aditya Chakrabortty’s analysis, in The Nation magazine’s U.S. presidential election postmortem: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The 2024 Index of Systemic Trends: index.democracycollaborative.org

“We need to build a vibrant, healthy and resilient economy, an economy that supports our people, enterprises and communities to thrive, grow and sustain. Achieving this is a huge challenge... I believe community wealth building can help us achieve this.” www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2...

Community Wealth Building transforms local economies based on communities having direct ownership and control of their assets. It challenges failing economic development approaches, addressing inequality at its core. Check out our U.S. Action Guide: www.democracycollaborative.org/community-we...