For curious workers and labor economists ─ read how the Polycentric governance of a CCE combined with worker input from all levels can make a CCE less brittle than a conventional company in an economic downturn at:
https://commonscapitalism.com/polycentric-governance-and-worker-input/
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Curious attorneys and economists ─ if you want to see how a commons corporation of a CCE is legally structured, look at the comprehensive list of Articles of Incorporation for a Commons Corporation, complete with texts and comments. The structuring is legal in over 20 states, including California, and is totally different from a capitalist corporation. Go to: https://commonscapitalism.com/model-forms/
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The first Commons Capitalism Entity (CCE) to come into existence will use Old-Fashioned Seller Financing, not charitable gifts or donations─just traditional financing. Read more about financing the first CCE at https://commonscapitalism.com/paying-down-the-first-deal-the-first-cce-uses-old-fashioned-seller-financing/
Polycentric Governance tends to Outperform Traditional Capitalist Governance. Read how Elinor Ostrom’s rules for governing the commons is combined with polycentricity to create a more effective governance system in a Commons Capital Entity. Go to: https://commonscapitalism.com/polycentric-governance/
Learn how commons capitalism and commons capitalism entities combat worker precarity by increasing wages and benefits in down economies through the payment of worker stipends to compensate for lost time and wages. Read the commentaries at https://commonscapitalism.com/durable-worker-security/
Commons Capitalism reduces the concentration of wealth in the economic elite and distributes that wealth to workers. Read how, at: https://commonscapitalism.com.
People will be blown away when they read, that with a Commons Capitalism Entity, workers can vote to stop major choices that could cost jobs or sell off important company stuff, and where the commons corporation openly shows how much money came in, what it was spent on, what’s left, and where the extra will go—better pay, benefits, and growing the CCE, not outside owners: https://commonscapitalism.com
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Dive into An Apologia For a Commons Based Market Order in the United States to see how commons enterprises can keep the energy of markets while breaking the grip of extreme inequality, turning surplus into lasting security for workers instead of windfalls for a few. If you sense the system is rigged, this gives a concrete way forward. https://commonscapitalism.com/apologia/
For labor unions, a commons capitalism entity is a new institutional partner. For workers the promise of commons capitalism is tangible: better pay, better benefits, and a governance architecture that offers voice, protection, and a durable place at the table. You can read about the relationship between labor unions and commons capitalism at
https://commonscapitalism.com/labor-union-assessment-cce/
Union-focused analysis of Commons Capitalism Entities (CCEs): governance, wages & benefits, acquisition protocols, risks, and a concrete bargaining agenda.
Nate, I appreciate your concern but I think you're giving a requiem too early to Commons Capitalism. Capitalism itself is not worth saving, but society is. Capitalism ultimately will destroy worker well-being which is vital to a sustainable society.
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Jonathan D. Cope, Esq.
