The human essentials
Proposed guarantees for housing, medical care, nourishment, education, and safety.
COMMONWEALTH OF FREEDOM
Prosperity for Everyone.
Power for the People.
An exploration of what we owe one another—and how housing, healthcare, education, and shared prosperity could become the foundations of freedom.
THE QUESTION BEFORE US
Technology is changing what we can produce. Our choices will determine who benefits.
The founding documents consider a social contract built around material security, meaningful agency, and public accountability. They are proposals for discussion, with economic capacity and implementation still open to examination.
Read the Statement of Purpose ↗AN ECONOMY WITH A PUBLIC PURPOSE
Proposed guarantees for housing, medical care, nourishment, education, and safety.
Shorter working hours, public investment, and broader ownership of productive assets.
Democratic governance, transparent decisions, privacy, and human review.
OPEN BY DESIGN
The principles behind a free and dignified life.
Ten proposals for security, ownership, and public accountability.
A draft framework for governance and accountability.
The standards proposed for responsible public conduct.
Read the proposed standards for truthfulness, conflicts of interest, privacy, and democratic process.
Read the ethics pledge