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Elle Griffin's avatar

Wouldn’t a property-owning democracy be the same thing as an ownership economy? Is there any difference in your mind?

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Joyce (Jayasri) Hart's avatar

I've been grappling with the myriad answers to the "why" from past and current employee-owners who have generously participated in the filming of "Own It!" Each is convinced of his/her own reasons but often adds "we do things a little differently." I was wondering if the flexibility of the Kelsonian structure, which attracted me to it in the first place, had resonated with anyone else. So, it was gratifying to hear Chris Mackin tell of Senator Long's response when as a grad student Mackin asked him what could be done to make the ESOP more democratic. The Senator's answer was, "Don't tell them what they should do. Give them the foundation and let them make it as democratic as they want to." That, to me, is what democracy is all about.

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