List of White Papers

Digital "People's Capitalism" policy is necessarily detailed and nuanced. With limited resources, we are working on periodically updated briefings that condense research with hundreds of technologists, policy experts, community groups and politicians. 

 

Papers are in three categories spanning 15 briefings:

 

1) Context

Online Markets happened suddenly. They have extraordinary possibilities and merit specific analysis for economic/social policy.

 

• How to Evaluate an E-Market (Complete)

• The Untapped Potential of Horizontal E-Markets       (In progress)

• Ten Defining Characteristics of "POEMs" Markets

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• Overview of an Enabling Concession (Complete)

 

 

2) Public Service Obligations

We are used to unfettered for-profit pseudo-markets. What factors can deliver digital markets as a genuine public utility?

 

• Operators' Funding Obligations (In progress)

• A Fixed Transaction Charge (In progress)

• Maximum Average Transaction Size (In progress but intermediate paper shared)

• Enforced Decentralization (In progress but intermediate paper shared)

• Neutrality, Transparency, Checks & Balances (In progress)

 

 

3) Impact of Peoples' Capitalism

How might market economies change if anyone can harness enabling e-markets to pursue aspirations?

 

• Keeping Transactions Honest (In progress)

• Greening a Microeconomy (Complete)

• People's Financial Markets (In progress)

• Human Capital as an Asset Class (In progress)

• Upgrading the Safety Net (In progress)

• Potential for Transition Economies (In progress)

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