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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

Decades of policy changes, however, often under the radar, today inhibit many diverse kinds of association. [We Public policy needs to facilitate large-scale financing for mutualist enterprises—organizations like cooperatives , employee-ownership trusts , and mutual insurance companies. This must be rectified.

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What Does Finance for the People Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

The Road to Public Banking in New York For decades, private banks driven by profit have funneled public money into harmful practices like fossil fuel development and speculative real estate. The same holds true for credit unions, which are barred by state law from holding any public deposits, thanks to bank lobbying.

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Encouraging Human Creativity in the AI-Powered Future

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Thats why, in public policy circles, we must nurture and reward innovation in as well as from AI. Strong patent protections encourage scientists and institutions to undertake risky new research and bring resulting products to market. Throughout this processimproving, applying, and using AIthe human element is essential.

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Co-op Leaders Consider Future as International Year of the Co-op Nears

NonProfit Quarterly

Narvaéz Ojeda emphasized the “fundamental” role of public policy in supporting cooperatives and remarked on the importance of institutionalization and participatory decision-making. For instance, in Paraguay, Riquelme said that co-ops, by law, must set aside 10 percent of profits for a co-op education development fund.

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How Dollar Store Kudzu Consumes Local Economies—And What to Do About It

NonProfit Quarterly

But to respond effectively, it is important to understand dollar stores’ growing importance, how communities are responding, and how public policy might better support community-based businesses. But this left a market gap. What can be done about this pattern? Quite a bit. One effect is on employment.

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Democracy in Peril: In South Africa, Will Philanthropy Back Economic Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

The other is that global philanthropy itself is under threat as South African “populist” opposition advocates for so-called “ foreign agent laws.” Similar laws have already rapidly spread across Europe and Central Asia , yet South Africa has avoided them so far. Today, that democracy is fraying. With an estimated 55.5

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Facial Recognition Technology’s Enduring Threat to Civil Liberties

NonProfit Quarterly

Due to its inaccuracy, and because of public backlash, law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology is banned in some cities; however, the technology is still being used by law enforcement agencies throughout the United States.