Stories by Marjorie Kelly

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The Economy: Under New Ownership

Posted on: Mar 3, 2013, Source: YES! Magazine

How cooperatives are leading the way to empowered workers and healthy communities.

Can There Ever Be Good Corporations?

Posted on: Apr 18, 2012, Source: YES! Magazine

When the employees own the company, it changes absolutely everything.

How Food Riots, Pricey Gas and Home Foreclosures Point to a Better Future

Posted on: May 9, 2008, Source: AlterNet

We are beset today by a systemic global crisis that could open the way to hopeful transformation. It is up to us.

How Popular Movements Can Confront Corporate Power and Win

Posted on: Aug 29, 2007, Source: YES! Magazine

The gap in power between corporations and democratic forces has widened enormously in recent decades. Here's what we do about it.

The Hidden Opportunity in Global Warming

Posted on: Dec 20, 2006, Source: Tellus Institute

The U.S. media might have missed the significance of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, but the public shouldn't miss the message: It's about hope.

Building Economic Democracy

Posted on: Sep 29, 2002, Source: Business Ethics

Corporate codes of conduct and ethics officers have become the norm in the past 15 years, and yet fraud has spiralled out of control. Change won't come until we fix the entire system.

Enron and the Myths of Runaway Capitalism

Posted on: Feb 19, 2002, Source: Business Ethics

The story of Enron's implosion is not about one diabolical company, nor about a few bad apples, or a few broken rules. It's about the ugly guts of our entire economy.

Anthrax, Cipro and Property Privileges -- Not Rights

Posted on: Nov 7, 2001, Source: Business Ethics

As the government's deal with Cipro provider Bayer has demonstrated, the public good as higher law is an idea whose time has come.

How the Socially Responsible Investment World Reacted to 9-11

Posted on: Sep 30, 2001, Source: Business Ethics

It is sobering to think the attacks have something to do with us, something to do with our economic system.

Renewing Enthusiasm for Employee Ownership

Posted on: Oct 5, 2000, Source: AlterNet

States have been promoting employee ownership since 1974, and most policies have failed. But there is a proven route. Here's the map.