The comprehensive listing of articles and publications included on this site are arranged by community wealth sector as shown in the right column of this page. Within each sector, listings are arranged into four categories: Articles, Books, Papers, and Reports. Please use one of the links to the right to explore the articles and publications relating to each sector. Click here for a list of our most recently posted articles »

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America Beyond Capitalism How thousands of co-ops, worker-owned businesses, land trusts, and municipal enterprises are beginning to democratize the deep substructure of the American economy, with a new introduction by the author, Gar Alperovitz, and a new foreword by James Gustave Speth. More info and ordering at www.garalperovitz.com/abc »
Road Half Traveled This report shows how universities can embrace their role as anchors to build community wealth. report-axelroth-dubb.pdf (1MB) » Download the full PDF, e-book or individual chapters »
Climate Change, Community Stability, and the Next 150 Million Americans Curbing carbon emissions requires far more than technical know-how. Putting forth a vision of green community wealth building, linked to sophisticated and decentralized planning, The Democracy Collaborative's latest study outlines an integrated strategy to meet the sustainability challenge. More info and download »
Growing a Green Economy for All: From Green Jobs to Green Ownership This Democracy Collaborative report provides the first comprehensive survey of community wealth building institutions in the green economy. Featuring ten cases, the report identifies how policy and philanthropy can build on these examples to create "green jobs you can own." More info and download »
Rebuilding America's Communities: A Federal Community Wealth Building Proposal Anyone concerned about the state of America's communities today must give serious thought to how public policy can support on-the-ground practitioners. This report from The Democracy Collaborative outlines an ambitious 10-year strategy to meet that goal. report-alperovitz-et-al.pdf (1MB) »
Unjust Deserts Unjust Deserts illustrates how most wealth depends on our "common stock of knowledge," thus making today's growing inequality morally indefensible. Written by Democracy Collaborative co-founder Gar Alperovitz and Lew Daly of Demos. More info and ordering at TheNewPress.com »
Linking Colleges to Communities How can universities leverage their resources for community benefit? This report from The Democracy Collaborative outlines a comprehensive strategy to meet that goal. report-linking.pdf (1MB) »
Social Enterprise, Global Comparison With chapters written by practitioners and academics from around the world, this work examines how social enterprises apply market approaches to social issues in differing national contexts. www.upne.com/1-58465-789-8.html »
Enterprising Organizations: New Asset-Based and Other Innovative Approaches to Solving Social and Economic Problems In May 2005, The Aspen Institute, in collaboration with the Democracy Collaborative, convened practitioners, investors, foundation donors, elected officials, scholars, and reporters to generate ideas on how to advance community wealth building efforts. This report provides highlights from the discussion that ensued. report-abramson.pdf (12MB) »
Building Wealth: The New Asset-Based Approach to Solving Social and Economic Problems by The Democracy Collaborative with the Aspen Institute The first across-the-board survey of innovative, asset-based strategies that are advancing social purposes. Download the Executive Summary (PDF 1.75MB) » Order a copy from the Aspen Institute Bookstore »
America Beyond Capitalism Now available in paper. In this book, Prof. Alperovitz looks at how community wealth building can play a key role in the rebuilding of a democratic and progressive America. Read more at www.garalperovitz.com »
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