The Elysian

The Elysian

We Should Own the Economy

San Francisco should be profitable—instead property owners are
Or how the Gilded Age screwed American cities and how we can reverse it.
 • Elle Griffin
Ebenezer Howard built a better city than the government
That time a group of investors built the welfare city London couldn't.
 • Elle Griffin
Cadbury built a city for workers—then gave it to them
It's still community-owned 100 years later.
 • Elle Griffin
The Scottish island that bought itself
100 residents now own the island they live on—not some billionaire.
 • Elle Griffin
WE SHOULD OWN THE ECONOMY
A vision for the future of capitalism (and the world).
 • Elle Griffin
Mark Cuban’s right—end exorbitant CEO pay
A version of his plan is already being trialed in San Francisco and Seattle.
 • Elle Griffin
Stop pretending billionaires built the future
Workers did.
 • Elle Griffin
By all means, let private equity save capitalism
We should get Wall Street involved too.
 • Elle Griffin
No, KKR is not “equity washing”
Contra Katie Boland on the private equity company’s employee-ownership model.
 • Elle Griffin
How Silicon Valley got rich
And how everyone else can get rich too.
 • Elle Griffin
Who should control AI?
Nonprofits aren't our only option.
 • Elle Griffin
120 million employee-owners in one generation
We have a moonshot opportunity to make the bottom half richer. Here's how we take it.
 • Elle Griffin
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