Prescription drugs in the United States cost way too much, nearly double, in fact, what they cost in other wealthy nations. The pharmaceutical companies that make them, and that rake in the profits from their sale, argue that we must pay those prices in order to support the world class research required to develop the drugs. The newly published Public Pharmaceuticals: State Policy Kit, a collaboration of The Democracy Collaborative, the Democracy Policy Network, and T1International, offers solutions.

This new report holds out the prospect of a very different developmental path for Ireland, North and South—one capable of truly delivering for its people and communities.

Across the world Community Wealth Building(CWB) is growing. And through our global network and development activity, TDC is ready to assist and help administrations and locations in their development of CWB. So with a packed range of engagements, I recently undertook a 2 week advisory tour of Australia. I found a significant enthusiasm for CWB with some exciting activities taking place.

The Democracy Collaborative’s work is as essential today as it was when Gar Alperovitz and I founded it 22 years ago as an academic research center at the University of Maryland, College Park. Both Gar and I are immensely proud of TDC’s accomplishments and enthusiastic about its future as we turn the organization over to a new generation of brilliant, talented leaders who are poised and ready to take TDC into an exciting new phase of its work. We know that TDC’s brightest days are ahead.

I am excited about the future of TDC because we have strong, credible answers to the questions many are pondering: How can we operate the economy in a way that more people can equitably benefit from the wealth that is created? How can we effectively bring more voices and influence to bear by those who have been left out of decisions that impact the public good? I look forward to helping TDC answer those questions and enhancing the organization’s reach and impact in many ways.

Working with my colleague Stephanie McHenry, our new Chief Executive Officer, we will bring new energy and focus to TDC’s mission of political-economic institutional change. We want to see a new era of Community Wealth Building and democratic economy policy and strategy, to show that there are real alternatives, powerful answers that already work on the ground and can now be implemented at scale, here in the United States and worldwide.

Ten years ago what's become known as 'The Preston Model' got it's start with a learning exchange, a desire for radical change, and maybe even a few beers! Here, leader of the Preston City Council, Matthew Brown, reflects on what's gone into it, the hard work still to come, and the movement it's spurred in the UK.

Northern Ireland’s Minister for Communities, Dierdre Hargey, formally accepted a report from her independent Minister’s Advisory Panel on Community Wealth Building. Joe Guinan, one of the panel members, was there to deliver remarks on this momentous occasion.

Our healthcare sector has become highly financialized. To meet the demands of investors for swift and high returns, Wall Street has found that making money from money is quicker and easier than making money from long-term investments in the infrastructure, maintenance, and human resources so desperately needed to provide high-quality services in a sector like healthcare. For the sake of patients, this must change.

The ICA Group has been a catalyst for multiple ownership transitions that have had real impact on the lives of workers. Here are some lessons from the field in the journey of employee ownership transition.

California becomes the second state to embed an employee ownership office in state government. Here is a breakdown of what this means for California and the lessons learned along the way.

We were on hand as the local authority of North Ayrshire in the West of Scotland hosted the first Community Wealth Building Conference.

In recent years, it has become increasingly common to acknowledge the original indigenous inhabitants of land on which current activities take place. However, these rhetorical land acknowledgments are meaningless without concrete steps to address and rectify the theft and expropriation of land that took place. So, what could a reparative program look like? Read on to find out.