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# Center for Economic & Social Justice

Changing the system to promote dignity, power and ownership for every person.

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## Posts

- [What's New](https://www.cesj.org/whats-new-blog/) - Keep up to date on the latest developments in the Just Third Way network, including progress with Capital Homesteading models in the U.S. and globally, CESJ commentary on current economic problems, new publications and media releases, announcements of upcoming events, and more. Visit the "What's New" section on the home page.
- [ECONOMIC PERSONALISM: Property, Power and Justice for Every Person](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/economic-personalism-property-power-and-justice-for-every-person/) - Examining universal principles of moral philosophy, economics, law, and finance, ECONOMIC PERSONALISM synthesizes the "Just Third Way" concepts of Pope John Paul II, Pope Pius XI, Louis O. Kelso, Mortimer J. Adler and other personalist thinkers. This book outlines a new paradigm for creating and reforming social institutions and systems to promote the dignity, empowerment and development of each human person, from birth to death.
- [Projected Citizen Wealth Accumulations Under the Economic Democracy Act](https://www.cesj.org/just-third-way-feature/projected-citizen-wealth-accumulations/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ hover_enabled=”0″ z_index_tablet=”500″ text_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” text_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” text_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” link_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” link_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” link_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” ul_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” ul_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” ul_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” ol_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” ol_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” ol_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” quote_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” quote_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” quote_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_2_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_2_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_2_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_3_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_3_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_3_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_4_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_4_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_4_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_5_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_5_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_5_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_6_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_6_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_6_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_vertical_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_blur_tablet=”40px” box_shadow_spread_tablet=”0px”
- [Resources on the Economic Democracy Act](https://www.cesj.org/just-third-way-feature/links-to-resources-on-the-economic-democracy-act/) - CLICK ON TITLES TO ACCESS MATERIAL Websites Center for Economic and Social Justice Descendants of American Slaves for Economic and Social Justice Articles On the New Paradigm: The Just Third Way “Economic Justice in the Age of the Robot” On the Economic Democracy Act Economic Democracy Act: Executive Summary (1-page) The Economic Democracy Act: A Links to resources on the Economic Democracy Act and legislative progress in the State of Missouri.
- [Graphic Overview: Financing Green Growth with Capital Ownership Opportunities for Every Citizen](https://www.cesj.org/just-third-way-feature/graphic-overview-financing-green-infrastructure-with-capital-homesteading-for-every-citizen/) - This is an overview with a step-by-step explanation of how money is created, invested and repaid under the Economic Democracy Act (formerly known as the "Capital Homestead Act"). This national program of monetary and tax reforms would enable every citizen (child, woman and man) to acquire shares in new productive capital being added to the economy each
- [Statement by Walter Reuther, UAW President, JEC Committee Hearings 1967](https://www.cesj.org/just-third-way-feature/statement-by-walter-reuther-uaw-president-jec-committee-hearings-1967/) - of our new technology." p.740 government power p.748 Reference to his role as chairman of the Citizens Crusade Against Poverty (CCAP) and Ford plan to train 1000 workers thru CCAP. [Note: CESJ's President Norman G. Kurland, served as the Director of Planning for the CCAP during Reuther's tenure and helped introduce Louis Kelso's ideas
- [Just released! "People and Things" Video](https://www.cesj.org/creative-expressions/just-released-people-and-things-video/) - This 2-minute animated video “People and Things” presents in Dr. Seuss-ian rhyme why every person needs to become an independent owner of productive capital. It points out the two basic ways people can earn an income, with their labor and/or their capital (the two productive factors in Louis Kelso’s “binary economics”). This video also warns that we can’t depend on jobs alone for our living, particularly when automation and artificial intelligence start destroying those jobs.
- [UNIVERSALIZING CAPITAL OWNERSHIP:  How Article 17 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Can Renew the Post-Pandemic Economy](https://www.cesj.org/just-third-way-feature/universalizing-capital-ownership-how-article-17-of-the-universal-declaration-of-human-rights-can-renew-the-post-pandemic-economy/) - This paper proposes a fundamentally different strategy for winning the COVID-19 war, suggesting immediate emergency measures, but focusing on structural changes to the monetary and tax system that can finance the building of a future green economy that provides equal access to a new source of independent incomes for every person.
- [CESJ Community Forum (Feb. 15, 2021)](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-feb-15-2021/) - CESJ cordially invites you to participate in our Community Forum video conference on Monday, February 15, 2021, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Eastern Time. We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as having a group discussion on advancing our Just Third Way message and Economic Democracy solutions. We also
- [CESJ Community Forum (Nov. 16, 2020)](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-november-16-2020/) - CESJ cordially invites you to participate in our Community Forum video conference on Monday, November 16, 2020, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Eastern Time. We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as having a group discussion on advancing our Just Third Way message and Economic Democracy solutions. We also
- [CESJ Community Forum (July 20, 2020)](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-zoom-meetingjuly-20-2020/) - CESJ cordially invites you to participate in our Community Forum video conference on Monday, July 20, 2020, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Eastern Time. We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as having a group discussion on advancing our Just Third Way message and Capital Homestead solutions. We also
- [Own the Future: A True Cure for an Ailing Economy](https://www.cesj.org/guest-blog/own-the-future-a-true-cure-for-an-ailing-economy/) - By Gary Reber Michael Bloomberg has penned an editorial column in which he calls for embarking on the largest public investment in infrastructure in generations, with government issuing new money to finance this. This money will be backed, as it is today, by government debt, repayable with future taxpayer dollars. (See https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-03-19/coronavirus-economic-response-should-include-infrastructure?srnd=opinion) Under Bloomberg's long-term
- [CESJ "VIRTUAL" ANNUAL MEETING (April 25, 2020)](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-virtual-annual-meeting-april-25-2020/) - CESJ cordially invites you to participate in our Annual Meeting on Saturday, April 25, 2020, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM ET. Because of the current Covid-19 crisis, we will be meeting by Zoom video conference, rather than face-to-face. (Because a CESJ Anniversary Luncheon doesn't work as well online, we are postponing our luncheon until
- [CESJ's Michael Greaney Featured in "25 Top Business Plan Tips"](https://www.cesj.org/newsbriefs/cesjs-michael-greaney-25-top-business-plan-tips/) - CESJ's Director of Research, Michael G. Greaney, CPA, MBA, was one of the professionals featured in FitSmallBusiness.com's article "25 Top Business Plan Tips from the Pros" (Abigail Orencia, September 8, 2017). Check out this excellent collection of tips for creating a successful business plan.
- [RETOOL THE FUTURE](https://www.cesj.org/creative-expressions/retool-the-future/) - Too few own the wealth of nations. Too many own nothing. But, with the right kind of credit, and the right source of money, we can lift up the poor, without pulling down the rich. We can grow the economy, while healing the planet. Each can own, and not be owned. The banks hold the
- [CESJ Community Forum Teleconference (1/20/20)](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-teleconference-1-20-20/) - CESJ invites you to join us on our next community forum teleconference on Monday, January 20, 2020, 7-8:30 PM ET. We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as on our members’ door-opening initiatives. We invite you to bring your questions, suggestions, and to share any of your activities in advancing the
- [CESJ Community Forum Teleconference (11/18/19)](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-teleconference-11-18-19/) - CESJ invites you to join us on our next community forum teleconference on Monday, November 18, 2019, 7-8:30 PM ET. We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as on our members’ door-opening initiatives. We invite you to bring your questions, suggestions, and to share any of your activities in advancing the
- [CESJ Community Forum Teleconference (9/16/19)](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-teleconference-9-16-19/) - CESJ invites you to join us on our next community forum teleconference on Monday, September 16, 2019, 7-8:30 PM ET. We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as on our members’ door-opening initiatives. We invite you to bring your questions, suggestions, and to share any of your activities in advancing the
- [CESJ Community Forum Teleconference (7/15/19)](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-teleconference-7-15-19/) - CESJ invites you to join us on our next community forum teleconference on Monday, July 15, 2019, 7-8:30 PM ET. We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as on our members’ door-opening initiatives. We invite you to bring your questions, suggestions, and to share any of your activities in advancing the
- [CESJ COMMUNITY FORUM TELECONFERENCE (5/20/19)](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-teleconference-5-20-19/) - Announcement for CESJ's monthly Community Forum Teleconference on May 20, 2019.
- [A Just Third Way to Finance Green Infrastructure](https://www.cesj.org/just-third-way-feature/just-third-way-to-finance-green-infrastructure/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.22.7″] America faces a conundrum: Everybody agrees that something needs to be done about our crumbling infrastructure, but nobody knows where the money will come from to finance it. One thing is increasingly clear, federal tax dollars will provide at best a fraction of the trillions of dollars needed. As part of
- [CESJ ANNUAL MEETING AND 35TH ANNIVERSARY LUNCHEON](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-annual-meeting-and-35th-anniversary-luncheon/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.21.1″ z_index_tablet=”500″] CESJ will hold its 35th Annual Membership Meeting and Luncheon on April 27, 2019, at our headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. We will be discussing CESJ’s progress and current initiatives, and share news from members of our global Just Third Way Network. A teleconference will be scheduled during our meeting so
- [CESJ COMMUNITY FORUM TELECONFERENCE (2/25/19)](https://www.cesj.org/uncategorized/cesj-community-forum-teleconference-2-25-19/) - Please join us on the next CESJ community forum teleconference on Monday, February 25, 2019, 7-8:30 PM ET. We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as on our members’ door-opening initiatives. We invite you to bring your questions, suggestions, and to share any of your activities in advancing the Just Third
- [CESJ Community Forum Teleconference (1/21/19)](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-teleconference-1-21-19/) - Please join us on the next CESJ community forum teleconference on Monday, January 21, 2019, 7-8:30 PM ET. We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as on our members’ door-opening initiatives. We invite you to bring your questions, suggestions, and to share any of your activities in advancing the Just Third
- [CESJ COMMUNITY FORUM TELECONFERENCE (12/17/18)](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-teleconference-12-17-18/) - Please join us on the next CESJ community forum teleconference on Monday, December 17, 2018, 7-8:30 PM ET. We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as on our members’ door-opening initiatives. We invite you to bring your questions, suggestions, and to share any of your activities in advancing the Just Third
- [CHANGE OF DATE!  CESJ Community Forum Teleconference (11/20/18)](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/change-of-date-cesj-community-forum-teleconference-11-20-18/) - Please join us on the next CESJ community forum teleconference on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, 7-8:30 PM ET. *PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE!* We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as on our members’ door-opening initiatives. We invite you to bring your questions, suggestions, and to share any of your activities
- [CESJ COMMUNITY FORUM TELECONFERENCE (10/15/18)](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-teleconference-101518/) - Please join us on the next CESJ community forum teleconference on Monday, October 15, 2018, 7-8:30 PM ET. We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as on our members’ door-opening initiatives. We invite you to bring your questions, suggestions, and to share any of your activities in advancing the Just Third
- [CESJ COMMUNITY FORUM TELECONFERENCE (7/16/18)](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-teleconference-7-16-18/) - Please join us on the next CESJ community forum teleconference on Monday, July 16, 2018, 7-8:30 PM ET. We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as on our members’ door-opening initiatives. We invite you to bring your questions, suggestions, and to share any of your activities in advancing the Just Third
- [CESJ COMMUNITY FORUM (6/25/18) - Change of Date!](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-6-25-18-change-of-date/) - Please join us on the next CESJ community forum teleconference on Monday, June 25, 2018, 7-8:30 PM ET. [Please note this change of date.] We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as on our members’ door-opening initiatives. We invite you to bring your questions, suggestions, and to share any of your
- [CESJ COMMUNITY FORUM - April 23, 2018 - Change of Date!](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-april-23-2016-change-of-date/) - Please join us on the next CESJ community forum teleconference on Monday, April 23, 2018, 7-8:30 PM EST. [Please note this change of date.] We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as on our members’ door-opening initiatives. We invite you to bring your questions, suggestions, and to share any of your
- [CESJ COMMUNITY FORUM -- March 26, 2018 (CHANGE OF DATE)](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-march-26-2018-change-of-date/) - Please join us on the next CESJ community forum teleconference on Monday, March 26, 2018, 7-8:30 PM EST. [Please note this change of date.] We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as on our members’ door-opening initiatives. We invite you to bring your questions, suggestions, and to share any of your
- [CESJ COMMUNITY FORUM -- February 19, 2018](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-february-19-2018/) - Please join us on the next CESJ community forum teleconference on Monday, February 19, 2018, 7-8:30 PM EST. We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as on our members’ door-opening initiatives. We invite you to bring your questions, suggestions, and to share any of your activities in advancing the Just Third
- [CESJ COMMUNITY FORUM - January 22, 2018](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-january-22-2018/) - Please join us on the next CESJ community forum teleconference on Monday, January 22, 2017, 7-8:30 PM EST. We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as on our members’ door-opening initiatives. We invite you to bring your questions, suggestions, and to share any of your activities in advancing the Just Third
- [CESJ COMMUNITY FORUM — December 18, 2017](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-december-18-2017/) - Please join us on the next CESJ community forum teleconference on Monday, December 18, 2017, 7-8:30 PM EST. We’ll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as on our members’ door-opening initiatives. We invite you to bring your questions, suggestions, and to share any of your activities in advancing the Just Third
- [CESJ COMMUNITY FORUM -- September 18, 2017](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-september-18-2017/) - Please join us on the next CESJ community forum teleconference on Monday, September 18, 2017, 7-8:30 PM EST. We'll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as on our members' door-opening initiatives. We invite you to bring your questions, suggestions, and to share any of your activities in advancing the Just Third
- [What is Money?](https://www.cesj.org/just-third-way-feature/what-is-money/) - by the Center for Economic and Social Justice Money and credit, and where they come from, are not as mysterious as most people think. To understand how money is created, however, we first have to ask, “What is money?” Most simply put, money is anything that can be accepted to satisfy a debt. In this
- [CESJ COMMUNITY FORUM -- 8/21/17](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-82117/) - Please join us on the next CESJ community forum teleconference on Monday, August 21, 2017, 7-8:30 PM EST. We'll be sharing Just Third Way progress around the world, as well as on our members' door-opening initiatives. We invite you to bring your questions, suggestions, and to share any of your activities in advancing the Just Third
- [CESJ COMMUNITY FORUM - 7/17/17](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-community-forum-71717/) - CESJ'S next community forum has been scheduled for Monday, July 17, 2017, 7-8:30 PM EST. We have some important door-opening developments to report, and we invite you to share any of your activities in advancing the Just Third Way and Capital Homesteading for every citizen. To join us in this teleconference and receive the meeting
- [CESJ Monthly Teleconference - 6/19/17](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-monthly-teleconference-61917/) - CESJ'S next monthly teleconference has been scheduled for Monday, June 19, 2017, 6-8:00 PM EST. We have some important door-opening developments to report, and we invite you to share any of your activities in advancing the Just Third Way and Capital Homesteading for every citizen. To join us in this teleconference and receive the meeting
- [CHANGE OF DATE! CESJ Monthly Teleconference (5/22/17)](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/change-date-cesj-monthly-teleconference-052217/) - The date of CESJ'S next monthly meeting/teleconference has been changed to Monday, May 22, 2017, 6-8:00 PM EST. As we discussed at last month's Annual Membership Meeting, we will seek your thoughts on key prime movers to approach, particularly given the current political climate, in order to reach our strategic objective (passage of the Capital
- [CESJ ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TELECONFERENCE - 4/24/17](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-annual-membership-teleconference-42417/) - CESJ'S Annual Membership Meeting teleconference will be held on April 24, 2017, 6-8:30 PM EST. Please note that our format will be different from our usual monthly meetings. The focus of this special gathering is to review and discuss our strategic plan and the critical tasks needed to achieve our strategic objective (passage of the
- [CESJ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TELECONFERENCE - 3/20/17](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-executive-committee-meeting-march-20-2017/) - We invite you to join us at our next CESJ Executive Committee teleconference on Monday, March 20, 2017, from 6-8 pm. In addition to reporting on developments since our prior monthly meeting, we will be discussing our Leadership Development Workshop on "Money, Power and Justice" (April 28-29, 2017, Falls Church Fairview Park Marriott, Falls Church,
- [Own the Robots: Turning Citizens Into Masters, Not Victims, of Technology](https://www.cesj.org/just-third-way-feature/own-the-robots-turning-citizens-into-masters-of-technology/) - The Global Issue MIT’s David Rotman calls it a “jobs crisis.” Leading economist Jeremy Rifkin predicted it to be the “end of work.” Hod Lipson of Columbia University calls it “something we as technologists need to start thinking about” (Rotman 2015). Robots and automation are eliminating jobs faster than they are creating them. As workers
- [CESJ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING - 2/20/17](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-executive-committee-meeting-2017/) - We invite you to join us at our next CESJ Executive Committee teleconference on Monday, February 20, 2017, from 6-8 pm. In addition to reporting on developments since our prior monthly meeting, we will be discussing our April gathering aimed at bringing millennial leaders into the Just Third Way and Capital Homestead strategy. We hope
- [CESJ QUARTERLY BOARD MTG. - 1/16/17](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-quarterly-board-mtg-01-16-17/) - We invite you to join us at our next quarterly CESJ Board teleconference on Monday, January 16, 2017, from 6-8:30 pm. Our agenda will cover developments since our prior monthly meeting. This will feature significant outreach, meetings and actions during the past month. We hope you will share your Just Third Way progress with us.
- [CESJ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING - 12/19/16](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-executive-committee-meeting-121916/) - We invite you to join us at our next CESJ Executive Committee teleconference on Monday, December 19, 2016, from 6-8 pm. Our agenda will cover developments since our prior monthly meeting. This will feature significant outreach, meetings and actions during the past month. We hope you will share your Just Third Way progress with us.
- [Some Unexpected Support for the Just Third Way](https://www.cesj.org/just-third-way-feature/unexpected-support-just-third-way/) - Sometimes we discover to our surprise and delight that our ideas of economic and social justice are spreading around the world, unbeknownst to us. Recently CESJ's research intern, Eliza Riley, learned from a friend working in Mexico that his boss had given a speech before a group of private investors in which he spoke positively
- [CESJ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MTG - November 21, 2016](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-executive-committee-mtg-112116/) - We invite you to join us at our next CESJ Executive Committee teleconference on Monday, November 21, from 6-8 pm. Our agenda will cover developments since our recent CESJ annual meeting. This will feature significant outreach, meetings and actions during the past month. We hope you will share your Just Third Way progress with us.
- [CESJ Executive Committee Meeting - September 19, 2016](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/september-2-cesj-executive-committee-meeting/) - We invite you to join us at our next CESJ Executive Committee teleconference on Monday, September 19, from 6-8 pm. Our agenda will cover developments since our recent CESJ annual meeting, including significant outreach, meetings and actions during the past month. We hope you will share your Just Third Way progress with us. As we
- [The Need for Economic and Social Justice - by John Scales Avery](https://www.cesj.org/guest-blog/the-need-for-economic-and-social-justice-john-scales-avery/) - The Center for Economic and Social Justice advocates a radical decrease of the economic inequality that today has allowed a tiny corporate elite to control not only our mass media, but also the entire apparatus of government in many countries. I firmly believe that greater equality and restoration of democracy are vital steps if we
- [CESJ ANNUAL MEETING AND CELEBRATION - August 27, 2016](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/2016-cesj-annual-meeting-celebration/) - Gather, strategize and celebrate with us at the 2016 CESJ Annual Meeting and 32nd Anniversary Luncheon. This event will be held on Saturday, August 27th from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM, at the Lakeside Plaza Club Room, 3800 Powell Lane, Falls Church, VA 22041. For more information, contact Dawn Brohawn at dbrohawn@cesj.org or call 703-243-5155.
- [Surfacing Leaders With a New Vision](https://www.cesj.org/just-third-way-feature/surfacing-leaders-new-vision/) - Editorial of the Center for Economic and Social Justice (Published July 22, 2016) Recently a member of the Center for Economic and Social Justice (CESJ) took the initiative to reach out and open the minds of the leaders of the Libertarian Party. The objective was to expose them to the “Just Third Way”
- [CESJ Quarterly Board Meeting - July 18, 2016](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-quarterly-board-meeting-july-18-2016/) - We will be holding our next CESJ Quarterly Board Meeting via Uberconference on Monday, July 18, from 6-8:30 pm ET. Our agenda will cover a proposed project on sustainable development emerging from CESJ's collaboration with an transdisciplinary faculty core group from Virginia Tech and other universities studying Kelso’s binary economics, the Just Third Way and
- [CESJ Executive Committee Meeting - June 21, 2016](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-executive-committee-meeting-june-21-2016/) - We will be holding our next CESJ Executive Committee teleconference on Tuesday, June 21, from 6-8 pm. (Please note the change of day.) Our agenda will cover the follow-up teleconference CESJ participated in at the new Virginia Tech facility in Arlington, Virginia, with Prof. Ralph Hall and the faculty core group that is studying Kelso’s
- [CESJ Executive Committee Meeting - May 16, 2016](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-executive-committee-meeting-may-16-2016/) - We will be having a CESJ Executive Committee teleconference on Monday, May 16th, from 6-8 pm. Our agenda will cover our upcoming meetings in Blacksburg, VA with the Virginia Tech faculty core group that is studying Kelso's binary economics, the Just Third Way and Capital Homesteading. We will discuss a collaboration with their group, for
- [POSTPONED -- FED RALLY AND CESJ APRIL CELEBRATION](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/postponed-fed-rally-cesj-april-gathering/) - Due to an emergency, the annual Rally at the Fed scheduled for Friday, April 22, 2016, and the CESJ annual celebration, scheduled for Saturday, April 23, 2016, have been postponed until further notice. It was a hard executive decision to make and there was not enough time to bring together others for a meeting on
- [The Root of the Problem — and the Solution. (Norman G. Kurland)](https://www.cesj.org/guest-blog/root-of-problem-and-solution/) - All of today's economic gurus and policymakers understand the need for faster rates of sustainable growth. Yet all of their strategies presume that we need either the rich or the government to finance growth. They're wrong. The 99% do not need the money of either the rich or the State to grow our economy, rebuild
- [CESJ Executive Committee Meeting -- March 22, 2016](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-executive-committee-meeting-march-22-2016/) - We welcome you to join us for the CESJ Executive Committee Meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, March 22, 2016 from 6-8:00 pm EST. We will be discussing plans for our upcoming "Own or be Owned" Rally at the Fed, as well as reporting on progress with our strategic projects both in the U.S. and internationally. We
- [Review: The Need for a New Economic System by John S. Avery](https://www.cesj.org/just-third-way-feature/6130/) - Review by Dr. Dorothy Guyot of The Need for a New Economic System by John Scales Avery. Opening comments by CESJ President Norman Kurland: In his November 24, 2015 book The Need for a New Economic System, Dr. John Scales Avery, a scientist whose work enabled the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs to
- [CHANGE OF DATE!! -- CESJ Executive Committee Meeting -- February 22, 2016](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/6111/) - We welcome you to join us for the CESJ Executive Committee Meeting, scheduled for Monday, February 22, 2016 from 6-8:00 pm EST. We will be discussing our strategic objectives for 2016, as well as reporting on progress with our strategic projects both in the U.S. and internationally. We also invite you to share your outreach
- [CESJ Quarterly Board Mtg (Open) - January 18, 2016](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-quarterly-board-mtg-open-january-18-2016/) - Please join us for CESJ's first Quarterly Board Meeting of the New Year on Monday, January 18, 2016 from 6-8:30 pm EST. We will be discussing our strategic objectives for 2016, as well as reporting on progress with our strategic projects both in the U.S. and internationally. We also invite you to share your outreach
- [CESJ Executive Committee Mtg (Open) - December 21, 2015](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-executive-committee-mtg-open-december-21you-are-cordially-invited-to-join-cesjs-executive-committee-meeting-on-tuesday-november-17-2015-from-6-800-pm-est-2015/) - Please join us for CESJ's end-of-the-year executive committee meeting on Monday, December 21, 2015 from 6-8:00 pm EST. We will be reporting on progress with our strategic projects both in the U.S. and internationally. We also invite you to share your outreach initiatives and progress with your local projects. R.S.V.P.’s are much appreciated. If you
- [CHANGE OF DATE!! - CESJ Executive Committee Mtg (Open) - November 17, 2015](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/5964/) - You are cordially invited to join CESJ's executive committee meeting on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from 6-8:00 pm EST. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED! We will be reporting on progress with our strategic projects both in the U.S. and internationally. We also invite you to share your outreach initiatives and progress with
- [CESJ Quarterly Board Mtg (Open) - October 19, 2015](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-quarterly-board-mtg-open-october-19-2015/) - You are cordially invited to join CESJ's quarterly board meeting on Monday, October 19, 2015 from 6-8:30 pm EST. We will be reporting on progress with our strategic projects both in the U.S. and internationally. We also invite you to share your outreach initiatives and progress with your local projects. R.S.V.P.’s are much appreciated. If
- [CESJ Executive Committee Mtg – September 28, 2015](https://www.cesj.org/uncategorized/cesj-executive-committee-mtg-september-28-2015-2/) - You are cordially invited to join our next monthly CESJ Executive Committee meeting on Monday, September 28, 2015 from 6-8:00 pm EST. We will be reporting on progress with our strategic projects both in the U.S. and internationally. Michael Greaney, our Director of Research will be giving a special report on his experiences as the
- [CESJ Executive Committee Mtg – August 17, 2015](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-executive-committee-mtg-august-17-2015/) - You are cordially invited to join our next monthly CESJ Executive Committee meeting on Monday, August, 17, 2015 from 6-8:00 pm EST. We will be reporting on progress with our strategic projects both in the U.S. and internationally. If you would like to join us on the teleconference, please send an email to dbrohawn@cesj.org so
- [CESJ Quarterly Board Mtg - July 20, 2015](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-quarterly-board-mtg-july-20-2015/) - Our next quarterly CESJ Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, July, 20, 2015 from 6-8:30 pm ET. We will be reporting on progress with our strategic projects both in the U.S. and internationally. If you would like to join us on the teleconference, please send an email to dbrohawn@cesj.org so we can include you on
- [Pope Francis and the Just Third Way -- Michael D. Greaney](https://www.cesj.org/just-third-way-feature/pope-francis-and-the-just-third-way-michael-d-greaney/) - CESJ's Director of Research Michael D. Greaney has just published an article in the respected Homiletic and Pastoral Review that discusses the role that Pope Francis could play as a globally respected moral leader and teacher in solving systemic problems such as the growing wealth and income gap. In "Pope Francis and the Just Third
- [CESJ Executive Committee Mtg. - June 15, 2015](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-executive-committee-meeting-june-15-2015/) - Our next monthly CESJ Executive Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 15, 2015 from 6-8:00 pm ET. We will be reporting on progress with our strategic projects both in the U.S. and internationally. If you would like to join us on the teleconference, please send an email to dbrohawn@cesj.org so we can include you
- [CESJ Executive Committee Meeting - May 18, 2015](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-executive-committee-meeting-may-18-2015/) - Our next monthly CESJ Executive Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 18, 2015 from 6-8:00 pm ET. In addition to CESJ strategic project reports, we will be discussing next steps following our very successful April 17th "Rally for Monetary Justice" at Lafayette Park across from the White House. If you would like to join
- [CESJ Executive Committee Meeting - March 16, 2015](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-executive-committee-meeting-march-16-2015/) - Our next monthly CESJ Executive Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 16, 2015 from 6-8:00 pm ET. In addition to CESJ strategic project reports, we will be discussing preparations for the April "Own the Fed" Rally and CESJ's Annual Meeting and 30th Anniversary celebration. If you would like to join us on the teleconference,
- [CESJ Quarterly Board Meeting - January 19, 2015 (Open)](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/cesj-quarterly-board-meeting-january-19-2015/) - Our next quarterly CESJ Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 19, 2015 from 6-8:30 pm EST. If you would like to join us on the teleconference, please send an email to dbrohawn@cesj.org so we can include you on the Freeconference.com e-vite list. Hope to “see” you there!
- [December Executive Committee Meeting (Open)](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/december-executive-committee-meeting-open/) - Our next monthly CESJ Executive Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday, December 15, 2014 from 6-8 pm EST. If you would like to join us on the teleconference, please send an email to dbrohawn@cesj.org so we can include you on the Freeconference.com e-vite list. Hope to “see” you there!
- [The Time Machine - Jim Aulenti](https://www.cesj.org/creative-expressions/time-machine-jim-aulenti/) - For a second let's all jump into our Time Machine and set the dial to 1900. Congress passes a New Capital Homestead Act authorizing access to capital credit through the private banking system for every US Citizen. Here we are, 114 years later. What does our Nation look like these 4 generations later?
- [Poetic Musings on Economic Justice - Barbara Olson](https://www.cesj.org/creative-expressions/poetic-musings-economic-justice-barbara-olson/) - From longtime CESJ member and "Happy Revolutionary" Barbara Olson in Denver, CO, a little break from all the serious and scholarly prose expounding on the Just Third Way paradigm.... CESJ member Barbara Olson holds sign at April 2007 rally at the Lincoln Memorial and Federal Reserve. ______________ When I'm at my lowest in my longing
- [The Most Successful Rally to Date!](https://www.cesj.org/just-third-way-feature/successful-rally/) - The Tenth Annual Rally outside the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Building in Washington, DC, on Friday, April 11, 2014 was the most successful rally to date. It seems apparent that the powers-that-be have no real clue as to how to solve the mounting problems of today. People are beginning to be willing to listen
- [THE RESTORATION OF PROPERTY reexamines a natural right](https://www.cesj.org/just-third-way-feature/restoration-of-property-reexamines-a-natural-right/) - The Restoration of Property A Reexamination of a Natural Right A CESJ “Paradigm Paper” by Michael D. Greaney ISBN 978-0944997079 • 136 pp. • $10.00 (U.S.) In 1936 Hilaire Belloc, with G. K. Chesterton revered as one of the founders of distributism, wrote of the restoration of property. Trapped within what Louis Kelso and Mortimer
- [February CESJ Executive Committee Meeting is scheduled for February 17th](https://www.cesj.org/announcements/february-cesj-excom-meeting-scheduled-feb-17th/) - CESJ's February Executive Committee meeting will be held by teleconference on Monday, February 17, 2014 from 6-8:00 PM. Agenda items will include the launch of the new CESJ website and what it means for outreach, education and action toward our strategic objective -- Capital Homesteading for every citizen. We'll also be discussing progress on our
- [The new CESJ.org is here!](https://www.cesj.org/just-third-way-feature/new-cesj-org/) - On Valentine's Day 2014, we launched our new website. We hope you like it! This website has proved to be a labor of love -- not to mention blood, sweat and tears -- over many years and many challenges. It has taken a tremendous amount of creative thinking and hard work by many people, especially
- [Check out our new website's Article Index](https://www.cesj.org/just-third-way-feature/check-new-websites-article-index/) - With the launch of our new website, our index of articles on economic and social justice is even more accessible! Stay tuned -- much more to come.

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- [The Citizens Land Development Cooperative: What It Is and Is Not](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/citizens-land-development-cooperative-what-it-is-and-is-not/) - What It Is A for-profit, professionally managed, citizen-owned-and-governed community land planning and development enterprise. Also referred to as the for-profit “Citizens Land Development Corporation” (“CLDC”), “Citizens Land Bank” (“CLB”) and the “Community Investment Corporation” (“CIC”), it is designed to enable every citizen of a community of any size to acquire a direct ownership stake in local land,
- [Free E-Books](https://www.cesj.org/resources/free-ebooks/) - Right-click on titles to download PDFs, or click to read online. ECONOMIC PERSONALISM: Property, Power and Justice for Every Person By Michael D. Greaney and Dawn K. Brohawn Capital Homesteading for Every Citizen: A Just Free Market Solution for Saving Social Security By Norman G. Kurland, Dawn K. Brohawn and Michael D. Greaney Curing World
- [Economic Personalism](https://www.cesj.org/economic-personalism-book/) - We can create a future economy that promotes the dignity, freedom and empowerment of every person, in harmony with all life. This book will tell you what, why and how.
- [Hortense Hears 3 Whos](https://www.cesj.org/3whos/) - < BACK TO HOME PAGE Hortense the mule gets the message. Politicians, think tanks and experts are proposing big plans for building new infrastructure, new green industries and new technologies that will produce the goods and services we buy. Who will CONTROL it? Who will OWN it? The one who has the money (or controls
- [Homeowners Equity Corporations: Saving Homes and Building Resident Equity](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/hecs-saving-homes-building-resident-equity/) - The bursting of the U.S. housing bubble in 2005, the billion dollar bailouts of "banks too big to fail," and the "Great Recession" of 2007 stalled the U.S. economy and helped decimate the economies of countries around the world. While it appears that the U.S. managed to escape a financial apocalypse, home foreclosures and unaffordable
- [Homeowners Equity Corporations (HECs)](https://www.cesj.org/economic-democracy-vehicles/homeowners-equity-corporations-hecs/) - An Economic Empowerment Tool for Solving the Foreclosure Crisis and Making Home Ownership Affordable The Homeowners' Equity Corporation (HEC) is a for-profit stock corporation that purchases foreclosed residential properties in a local community, and through a "lease-to-equity" arrangement enables homeowners facing foreclosure to: 1) remain in their residence, 2) pay off the market cost of
- [How to Win a Revolution ... and Enjoy It](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/what-we-do/four-pronged-communications-strategy/) - by Norman G. Kurland 1972 Editor's Note - June 2012, updated May 2024 "How to Win a Revolution...and Enjoy It" was written by Norman G. Kurland in 1972; much of the original text has been left unchanged in this edition to preserve its historical flavor. As the reader will see, there have been many advances
- [Just Third Way Glossary](https://www.cesj.org/just-third-way-glossary/) - © 2004-2019 Center for Economic and Social Justice Enter search terms: Search for: Appropriation. The legislative process by which funds (tax revenues or government borrowings) are allocated to government programs on a discretionary rather than a formula-determined basis. An appropriation differs from an entitlement in that funds allocated via an entitlement program are
- [CESJ Quotes Collection](https://www.cesj.org/resources/reference-tools/quotes-collection/) - CESJ Quotes Collection presenting historical roots of the Just Third Way, binary economics, the Economic Democracy Act, personalism, and economic personalism.
- [Louis Kelso's Economic Vision for the 21st Century](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/louis-kelsos-economic-vision-for-21st-century/) - by Norman G. Kurland and Dawn K. Brohawn (© 2004-2023 Center for Economic and Social Justice. Updated from the original article published in Owners at Work, the newsletter of the Ohio Employee Ownership Center, Winter 1999-2000.) America has crossed the threshold into the 21st century as the most prosperous and powerful nation on the
- [Overview of the Economic Democracy Act](https://www.cesj.org/learn/economic-democracy-act/overview/) - “We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims. . . . [Our challenge is] to make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone.” — Buckminster Fuller The Economic Democracy Act (formerly, the Capital Homestead Act),
- [The Economic Democracy Act -- Executive Summary](https://www.cesj.org/learn/economic-democracy-act/the-economic-democracy-act-executive-summary/) - The proposed Economic Democracy Act (EDA) offers a private property and just, free market-oriented national policy to foster “capital self-sufficiency” as a supplement to wage incomes and as a basis for all Americans to achieve lifetime prosperity and economic independence. The EDA follows the precedent of Abraham Lincoln’s Homestead Act of 1862 that democratized
- [People and Things](https://www.cesj.org/peopleandthings/) - In less than two minutes, this video explains why people need to own shares in advanced technology, and where the money will come from to purchase these shares.
- [Economic Justice in the Age of the Robot](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/economic-justice-in-the-age-of-the-robot/) - by Norman G. Kurland (Excerpted from "Toward Economic and Social Justice," Center for Economic and Social Justice, 1986; updated 2023) Everyone has an inborn aversion to injustice. We can sense injustice in our daily lives, on the job, when we shop, and as we observe life in society. Justice, on the other hand, involves discovered
- [The Economic Democracy Act: A Plan for Getting Ownership, Income, and Power to Every Citizen](https://www.cesj.org/learn/economic-democracy-act/plan-for-getting-ownership-income-and-power-to-every-citizen/) - Throughout history the rich and powerful owned the things that produced the wealth. When land and people were what produced wealth, the rich and powerful owned land and people. Today the things that produce most of the wealth are land and technology. In particular, technologies such as machines, robots, rentable structures and advanced information systems
- [Economic Democracy Vehicles](https://www.cesj.org/economic-democracy-vehicles/) - Capital Credit: A New Right of Citizenship Most people live from paycheck to paycheck . . . or from hand to mouth. The answer to how citizens without adequate savings can acquire an income-producing property stake lies in the intelligent use of credit-specifically, productive credit. Credit is a social creation. It can only exist in
- [Accountability and Safeguards Under the Economic Democracy Act](https://www.cesj.org/economic-democracy-act-accountability-and-safeguards/) - Various private sector players would have an institutional or personal self-interest to guard against fraud and abuse because each would have something to lose in the marketplace for not guarding against fraud and abuse. Private sector safeguards include: The individual citizen-owner Educational system reforms to raise the level of financial sophistication of new owners and
- [Capital Ownership Accounts (COAs)](https://www.cesj.org/economic-democracy-vehicles/capital-ownership-accounts-coas/) - The Capital Ownership Account (COA), is the key mechanism under the Economic Democracy Act for growing the economy in a sustainable, environmentally sound, and universally inclusive way. Previously referred to as the Individual Stock Ownership Plan (ISOP), the COA is like a special kind of Individual Retirement Account (IRA) to be set up by each
- [The Just Third Way Paradigm (on One Hand)](https://www.cesj.org/just-third-way-on-one-hand/) - Education Money, Credit, and Banking Tax System Technology Politics
- [Justice University®](https://www.cesj.org/programs/justice-university/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.15″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.15″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.15″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.15″ z_index_tablet=”500″ global_colors_info=”{}”] Justice University® [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.15.1″ hover_enabled=”0″ z_index_tablet=”500″ box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_vertical_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_blur_tablet=”40px” box_shadow_spread_tablet=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] Why the World Needs Justice University® Transforming Education and Work Growing numbers of students pursuing higher education are forced to spend hundreds of thousands of dollarsJustice University teaches a personalist "Just Third Way" promoting equal access of every person to all institutions of the common good, particularly a reformed money system that dismantles barriers to equal capital ownership opportunities.#JusticeUniversity
- [Citizens Land Development Cooperatives (CLDCs)](https://www.cesj.org/economic-democracy-vehicles/citizens-land-development-cooperatives-cldcs/) - The Citizens Land Development Cooperative (CLDC), also referred to as the for-profit Citizens Land Bank (CLB), Citizens Land Development Corporation (CLDC) and Community Investment Corporation (CIC), has been designed to serve as a for-profit land planner and private-sector developer geared to sustainable development and growth at the community level. The CLDC would plan land use
- [What is Justice-Based Management?](https://www.cesj.org/what-is-justice-based-management/) - Justice-Based ManagementSM (JBMSM) is a leadership philosophy and management system that applies universal principles of economic and social justice within business organizations. The ultimate purpose of JBM is to create and sustain ownership cultures that enhance the dignity and development of every member of the company, and to economically empower each person as an owner
- [Justice-Based Leadership, Governance & Management](https://www.cesj.org/learn/justice-based-leadership-governance-management/) - Transforming the Corporation Under the expanded capital ownership paradigm espoused by CESJ, the business corporation (whether a small local business or a giant multinational) can become a vehicle for building a more free and just marketplace. CESJ places a very high focus on helping corporate managers to see that they can do their job more
- [Strategic Plan](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/what-we-do/strategic-plan/) - OUTLINE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO ENACT THE ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY ACT BACKGROUND Our strategic plan is guided by a 21st century paradigm (world view) of economic personalism we call “the Just Third Way.” This inclusive global system of political economy adheres to universal principles of justice, and is based on the inherent dignity and sovereignty of
- [About CESJ (Overview)](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” _builder_version=”4.6.3″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.6.3″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.6″ custom_padding=”20px||40px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ z_index_tablet=”500″ sticky_enabled=”0″] A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF CESJ Too few own the wealth of nations, too many own nothing. How do we turn Have-Nots into Haves, without turning Haves into Have-Nots?There is a way…the Just Third Way.
- [Our Vision](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/who-we-are/vision/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.6″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Envision a Future… [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.6″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] … where poverty is a relic of the past. … where the systemic causes of war and terrorism have been uprooted and replaced by a system that promotes Peace, Prosperity, and Freedom for all
- [Who We Are](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/who-we-are/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.6″ header_line_height=”2em” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Who We Are Established in 1984, the Center for Economic and Social Justice (CESJ) is a non-profit 501(c)(3), all-volunteer educational center, grassroots think-tank and social action catalyst. CESJ’s mission is to advance liberty and justice for every person through equal opportunity and access
- [History & Accomplishments](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/history-accomplishments/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″] History & Accomplishments [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.6″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] CESJ History and Accomplishments On April 7, 1984, the Center for Economic and Social Justice was born amidst the clatter of the student cafeteria at American University in Washington, D.C. Pioneers of the ESOP and human
- [Bookstore](https://www.cesj.org/store/bookstore/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_margin=”||0px|”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″] CESJ Bookstore Your purchase of these books through our Amazon Bookstore helps support the educational mission of CESJ. Join CESJ and get a 20% discount off the price of your CESJ book purchases. To find out more, contact us at info@cesj.org. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row
- [Audio](https://www.cesj.org/resources/media-gallery/audio/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.2″] Audio [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.2″ custom_margin=”0px|||” custom_padding=”0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] 1. Testimony by Sen. Karla May and Gene Gordon supporting Economic Democracy Act Resolution, April 20, 2021. https://www.cesj.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Mo-Senate-Committee-4_20_2021-edited.mp3 Audio recording (mp3) of testimony of Missouri State Senator Karla May (sponsor) and Gene Gordon, Founder and Executive
- [The Case for an Economic Democracy Act](https://www.cesj.org/learn/economic-democracy-act/case-for-an-economic-democracy-act/) - In today’s US economy productive capital is growing annually in both the public and private sectors at a rate exceeding $12,000 for every man, woman and child. On our present path, that new capital, the source of America’s capacity to produce in greater abundance than other economies, will continue to be financed in traditional ways.
- [The Economic Democracy Act](https://www.cesj.org/learn/economic-democracy-act/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.6.3″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.7.7″ z_index_tablet=”500″] The Economic Democracy Act: Capital Ownership for Every Citizen You never change things by fighting existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. — Buckminster Fuller The Economic Democracy Act or “EDA”
- [Ownership Unions](https://www.cesj.org/economic-democracy-vehicles/ownership-unions/) - An important goal of the Just Third Way is the transformation of Labor Unions into Ownership Unions. This would expand the mission of unions (whose private-sector membership has been steadily shrinking) to reach out to and represent all shareholders, including worker-owners. An Ownership Union is designed to work collaboratively with management to secure financing of
- [Declaration of Monetary Justice](https://www.cesj.org/participate/declaration-of-monetary-justice/) - Whereas, the United States economy is today plagued by a growing gap between the rich and the non-rich; by a global recession and credit crisis; by debilitating waste and under-employment of human talent; by inadequate growth alongside shackled technological potential; by record-level trade and governmental budget deficits; and by an estimated “hidden debt” of $56.4
- [Translations](https://www.cesj.org/resources/translations/) - Español "Cerrando la Brecha de la Riqueza: Una Tercera Vía Justa" -- Norman G. Kurland, Dawn K. Brohawn y Michael D. Greaney. Traducción por el Dr. Alvaro Magaña, el ex presidente de El Salvador (2000). [HTM] Cuba, Un Nuevo Comienzo: Marcha de Santa Fé a Nueva Paz -- Michiel Bijkerk [PDF] Manifiesto Capitalista -- Louis O.
- [Economic Personalism: Power, Property and Justice for Every Person](https://www.cesj.org/economic-personalism-power-property-and-justice-for-every-person/) - [et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] HEADING In a just social order, dignity, rights and power start with the human person — each one of us — not with “social tools” like the State, institutions and collectives, or with any elite. To participate fully, each person must have full access to the “Common Good” in its entirety. (The “Common Good”
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- [Capital Credit Insurance and Reinsurance](https://www.cesj.org/learn/economic-democracy-act/capital-credit-insurance-reinsurance/) - Overcoming the Collateral Barrier to Capital Ownership for Every Citizen Through the Economic Democracy Act (formerly called the Capital Homestead Act), access to credit for acquiring productive capital — which today helps make the rich richer — would be enshrined in law as a fundamental right of citizenship, like the right to vote. Through a
- [Solve](https://www.cesj.org/solve/) - While the moral convictions of individuals are important in the long run, it is institutions that determine the immediate course of events, particularly the institutions of finance. — Louis O. Kelso We Have a Plan: The Economic Democracy Act Many of the problems in today's world can be traced to power- and ownership-concentrating
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- [Essential Reading List](https://www.cesj.org/resources/reference-tools/essential-reading-list/) - CESJ's Core Values "A Quick Comparison of Capitalism, Socialism and the "Just Third Way" "Karl Marx: The Almost Capitalist" by Louis O. Kelso The Capitalist Manifesto by Louis O. Kelso and Mortimer J. Adler The New Capitalists: A Proposal to Free Economic Growth from the Slavery of Savings by Louis O. Kelso and Mortimer J.
- [The Federal Reserve Discount Window](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/the-federal-reserve-discount-window-by-norman-g-kurland/) - By Norman G. Kurland Guest Opinion published in The Journal of Employee Ownership Law and Finance, published by the National Center for Employee Ownership, Volume 10, No. 1, Winter 1998. This article proposes a monetary reform, based on the ideas of Louis Kelso, the originator of the ESOP concept, to expand the rate of
- [Welcome Center](https://www.cesj.org/welcome-center/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Page Title” _builder_version=”3.27.4″] Welcome Center [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.11″ custom_margin=”||0px|” custom_padding=”||0px|” z_index_tablet=”500″ hover_enabled=”0″] RETOOL THE FUTURE Too few own the wealth of nations. Too many own nothing. But, with the right kind of credit, and the right source of money, we can lift up the poor,
- [Paying for Universal Healthcare:  A New Paradigm (Summary)](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/paying-for-universal-healthcare-summary/) - What if high quality, affordable healthcare could be made available to every person without intrusive State action, and with respect for the rights and dignity of each individual? What if no government or health insurance bureaucrat stood between doctor and patient when decisions had to be made concerning the patient’s life and well-being? What
- [Media Coverage](https://www.cesj.org/resources/archives/media-coverage/) - "Big Thinkers Dare to Dream Up Promising Future for East St. Louis," Sylvester Brown, Jr., St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 5/6/07 [PDF] "If the Machine Wants Our Jobs, Let's Buy It," Life Magazine, 8/14/64 [PDF] "The Man Who Would Make Everybody Richer," Time Magazine, 6/29/70 [PDF]
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- [Binary Economics](https://www.cesj.org/learn/binary-economics/) - The economic logic of the Just Third Way is expressed by the theory of binary economics first articulated by Louis Kelso, and the three principles of economic justice that Kelso and philosopher Mortimer Adler defined in their first book, The Capitalist Manifesto. Binary economics, a justice-based free market theory, recognizes the changing relationship between “labor”
- [The Just Third Way](https://www.cesj.org/learn/just-third-way/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.19.15″ custom_padding=”50px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.21.1″ z_index_tablet=”500″] The Just Third Way CESJ’s philosophy, concepts and applications derive from a new paradigm we call the “Just Third Way.” This global just free market system of political economy (or socio-economics) transcends the power- and ownership-concentrating systems of traditional capitalism and traditional socialism. The Just Third Way
- [Defining Economic Justice and Social Justice](https://www.cesj.org/learn/definitions/defining-economic-justice-and-social-justice/) - Defining Our Terms One definition of justice is "giving to each what he or she is due." The problem is knowing what is "due". Functionally, "justice" is a set of universal principles which guide people in judging what is right and what is wrong, no matter what culture and society they live in. Justice is
- [Statement of Shared Vision (Intro)](https://www.cesj.org/participate/shared-vision-statement-intro/) - Statement of Shared Vision (Intro) "Toward a More Free and Just Global Economy" Introduction With great pleasure we present for your serious consideration and support a "Statement of Shared Vision" that was jointly developed by Shann Turnbull, the Australian author of Democratizing the Wealth of Nations, and Norman Kurland, a pioneer of employee stock
- [Statement of Shared Vision](https://www.cesj.org/participate/shared-vision-statement-intro/statement-shared-vision/) - Statement of Shared Vision "Toward a More Free and Just Global Economy" Having entered the third millennium, new ideas are emerging on how to overcome: Widespread poverty, hunger and homelessness, The growing wealth gap between the richest 1% and the remaining 99% of humanity, The growing fear of technological change and its impact on the
- [Signatories to "Statement of Shared Vision"](https://www.cesj.org/participate/shared-vision-statement-intro/svs-signatories/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.21.1″ z_index_tablet=”500″] Signatories to “Statement of Shared Vision” [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.21.1″ z_index_tablet=”500″] “Toward a More Free and Just Global Economy” Note: Except where indicated, the organizational affiliations listed here are for identification purposes only, and should not be construed as organizational endorsements. Signatories are listed sequentially by: 1) Country 2) Organization 3) Last
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- [Codigo de Eticas de CESJ](https://www.cesj.org/codigo-de-eticas-de-cesj/) - (Code of Ethics of the Center for Economic and Social Justice) Valor. Superar el miedo de probar sus ideas con otros o cuestionar las ideas que no entienden. La Competición de Ideas. Nadie tiene un monopolio de la verdad. Resiste el sentimiento que su egoísmo o dignidad esta siendo atacada si otros oponen serveramente
- [Valores Fundamentales del Centro para la Justicia Económica y Social](https://www.cesj.org/valores-fundamentales-del-centro-para-la-justicia-economica-y-social/) - (Core Values of the Center for Economic and Social Justice) Organizaciones de éxito empiezan con personas firmemente comprometidas a un unos valores principales, los cuales no puedan ser deshechos sin debilitar la organización. La fuerza, unidad y las programas del Centro para la Justicia Social y Económico (CESJ) se funda en los principios acordados el 7
- [Valori Fondamentali del Centro per la Giustizia Economica e Sociale](https://www.cesj.org/resources/translations/valori-fondamentali-del-centro-per-la-giustizia-economica-e-sociale/) - (Core Values of the Center for Economic and Social Justice) C'è una fonte ultima di tutta la creazione e valori universali come Verità, Bellezza, Amore e Giustizia, che rappresentano i fini più alti delle azioni umane. Molte persone chiamano questa Fonte, Dio. Niente dovrebbe essere tra Dio e la persona umana. Esiste una gerarchia
- [CESJ核心价值观](https://www.cesj.org/resources/translations/cesj核心价值观/) - (Core Values of the Center for Economic and Social Justice) 由Tomas Pompowski翻译
- [Les Valeurs Fondamentales du CESJ](https://www.cesj.org/resources/translations/les-valeurs-fondamentales-du-cesj/) - (Core Values of the Center for Economic and Social Justice) Les organisations qui réussissent commencent par des personnes qui sont fermement attachées à un ensemble de valeurs fondamentales qui ne peuvent être compromises que si leur force est mise en danger. La force, l’unité et les programmes du CESJ sont enracinés dans nos principes
- [Q & A's on Binary Economics](https://www.cesj.org/resources/reference-tools/q-and-a-on-binary-economics/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.18″] Q & A’s on Binary Economics (Adapted and updated from a 2000 document by Richard Stutsman, WorldWorks Symposium™. CESJ update, 2014.) Search page: [add-search-inside] Introduction Binary Economics is the systems theory underlying a new socio-economic paradigm. This conceptual framework challenges some basic premises that are taught by all conventional schools
- [Consumer Stock Ownership Plans (CSOPs)](https://www.cesj.org/economic-democracy-vehicles/consumer-stock-ownership-plans-csops/) - A Consumer Stock Ownership Plan (CSOP) does for consumers of public utilities (or members of marketing cooperatives) what an ESOP does for corporate employees. It links capital growth and future investment opportunities in the corporate sector to an expanding base of citizens through access to self-liquidating, productive credit. Corporations in the non-competitive, regulated segment of
- [Why Do We Need a Just Third Way?](https://www.cesj.org/why-we-need-just-third-way/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.19.15″ custom_margin=”50px|||”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.19.15″ custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_margin_tablet=”|20px||20px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.19.15″ custom_padding=”||40px|”] Why We Need The Just Third Way As Louis Kelso and Patricia Kelso observed in their 1967 book, Two Factor Theory: “The [expanded ownership] revolution makes two assumptions about the good society. One is that its
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- [Own or be Owned](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/what-we-believe/own-or-be-owned/) - To own or be owned: That is the question. Whether it's wiser to choose the fragile safety of job and paycheck; to be a tool of tools, let go at hour unknown; owned by one or some, then rendered obsolete. Or bravely walk the higher road as worker-owner-citizen; to bear new risks and duties and
- [What Makes CESJ Different](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/who-we-are/what-makes-cesj-different/) - People are hungering for property, for a secure, permanent and independent link with spaceship earth that ownership represents and which only ownership can protect or defend. — Louis O. Kelso CESJ is proud to be part of the international employee stock ownership community. Among our members are pioneers of the employee stock ownership plan, having been
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- [The Just Third Way Podcast](https://www.cesj.org/the-just-third-way-podcast/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.5″] The Just Third Way Podcast [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.5″] Thanks for checking out “The Just Third Way Hour” Podcast now being hosted on Spreaker.com. The goal of these podcasts is to provide busy people another tool for learning about the Just Third Way paradigm of political economy. This new set of ideas and
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- [CESJ Awards](https://www.cesj.org/programs/cesj-awards/) - Special Lifetime Achievement Award Norman G. Kurland, J.D. (1995) Senator Russell B. Long (1999) CESJ Founders Award William A. Schirra (1996) Recipients of CESJ's "Soldier of Justice" Award 1988 Bruce L. Mazzie 1989 Joseph W. Recinos 1989 Marilu Recinos 1990 David Binns 1991 Vincent J. ("Mac") McGrath 1992 Dawn K. Brohawn 1992 Rowland L. Brohawn
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- [Project Economic Justice: A Beachhead for Regional Infrastructural Reform](https://www.cesj.org/solve/global-challenges/project-economic-justice-a-beachhead-for-regional-infrastructural-reform/) - (Excerpted from a paper prepared by Norman G. Kurland at the request of the Chief Economist for International Economic Affairs, National Security Council, April 19, 1983.) PART I The Ideological Framework for Expanded Capital Ownership In the past, most of America's responses against Marxist aggressions have been defensive, our military actions in response to their
- [Capital Homestead Legislative Models](https://www.cesj.org/resources/reference-tools/capital-homestead-legislative-model/) - Capital Homestead Legislative Templates
- [Critiques and Responses](https://www.cesj.org/resources/reference-tools/critiques-and-responses/) - Exchange between Nobel prize economist Milton Friedman and Norman Kurland (1971) [PDF] In this 1971 written exchange between Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman and Norman Kurland, Friedman mentions his earlier debate between himself and Louis Kelso and philosopher Mortimer Adler, and dismisses without explanation Kelso's free-market, justice-based economic system. Kelso associate Norman Kurland responds point-by-point
- [Resources](https://www.cesj.org/resources/) - Our resource center provides research material, helpful tools and multimedia content to deepen your understanding of the Just Third Way, binary economics and Capital Homesteading. Change leaders and social activists can apply these justice-based principles and concepts to understand and solve major systemic problems. Reference Tools Essential Reading List Quotes Collection Questions and Answers
- [Justice-Based Leadership](https://www.cesj.org/justice-based-leadership/) - What is Justice Based Leadership? Justice-Based Leadership (JBL) is a philosophy that aligns individual and group values, mission, actions, structures, and systems around a shared understanding of, and adherence to, clearly defined and universal principles of social justice and economic justice. It relates to the development of an individual business or organization, as well as
- [Capital Homestead Endorsements](https://www.cesj.org/learn/economic-democracy-act/capital-homestead-endorsements/) - "In the shadow of the old order, a small, spirited group of Americans campaigned audaciously to construct a new order -- the U.S. economy reorganized around Louis Kelso's revolutionary principle of universal capital ownership. The revolution, these ambitious activists decided, ought to begin right in the nation's capital -- Washington, D.C. -- a city mired
- [Infrastructural Reforms and Tax Incentives to Encourage Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)](https://www.cesj.org/economic-democracy-vehicles/employee-stock-ownership-plans-esops/infrastructural-reforms-tax-incentives-encouraging-employee-stock-ownership-plans-esops/) - Make debt service on a leveraged ESOP a tax-deductible business expense, so that employees without savings can purchase major portions (up to 100%) of a company's common stock on borrowed funds repayable out of pre-tax corporate profits. Provide a tax-sheltered entity, such as an ESOP trust, so that shares of stock acquired by workers and
- [Reforming Inheritance Policy](https://www.cesj.org/reforming-inheritance-policy/) - Under a national ownership strategy, inheritance policy should be restructured to discourage excessive concentrations of wealth and, in order to promote individual initiative and capital self-sufficiency, to encourage the broadest possible distribution of income-producing assets. Rather than gift and other "death taxes" on the estate (including assets accumulated within proposed Capital Homestead vehicles), taxation on
- [Reforming the Money and Credit System](https://www.cesj.org/reforming-the-money-and-credit-system/) - Creating Interest-Free Credit for Broadly Owned Production From Debt-Backed to Asset-Backed Money From Fractional Reserve to 100% Reserve Banking Two-Tiered Credit Structure Capital Credit Insurance and Reinsurance
- [Reforming the Tax System](https://www.cesj.org/reforming-the-tax-system/) - The Capital Homestead Act would radically overhaul and simplify the Federal tax system to eliminate budget deficits and ownership-concentrating tax barriers through a single rate tax on all individual incomes from all sources above basic subsistence levels. Tax reforms under the Capital Homestead Act are designed to: • Stimulate economic growth and jobs. • Be
- [Recommended Readings on Binary Economics](https://www.cesj.org/learn/binary-economics/recommended-readings-binary-economics/) - Binary economics offers a holistic and integrated framework for economic analysis, diagnosis and prescription that provides a moral basis and practical solutions to systemic problems that have not been addressed effectively by any of the mainstream and heterodox schools of economics. For an accurate understanding of Binary Economics, the reader should explore the seminal writings
- [Binary Economics in a Nutshell](https://www.cesj.org/binary-economics-in-a-nutshell/) - By Norman G. Kurland, September 2008 Many other writers on “worker ownership,” “broad-based capital ownership,” and “participatory economics” have trivialized and marginalized Louis Kelso as merely “the inventor of the ESOP” and as just another advocate of “the ownership solution” to the flaws of global capitalism. (One notable exception is William Greider, who gives a generally
- [Comparison of Capitalism, Socialism & the Just Third Way](https://www.cesj.org/comparison-of-capitalism-socialism-just-third-way/) - For a matrix comparing the three systems of Capitalism, Socialism/Communism, and the Just Third Way, click here for the PDF>>
- [Social Justice, Not Utopia](https://www.cesj.org/social-justice-not-utopia/) - CESJ recognizes that the world's complex economic and social problems cannot be solved in a single stroke or with a single solution. There is no panacea. On the other hand, CESJ's concept of social justice, as developed and refined by our co-founder, the late Rev. William Ferree, addresses the structuring of institutions (laws, systems, social
- [CESJ Initiatives and Innovations](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/history-accomplishments/cesj-initiatives-innovations/) - • Since the early 1970s, many of the model employee stock ownership plans and the first ESOP laws in the U.S., Egypt, and Central America resulted from the work of CESJ founders and members. • In 1985, CESJ members initiated the Congressional legislation which created President Ronald Reagan's Presidential Task Force on Project Economic Justice.
- [The Art of Change and the Act of Social Justice](https://www.cesj.org/participate/the-art-of-change-and-the-act-of-social-justice/) - This diagram illustrates the organized actions needed to change unjust social institutions.
- [What We Do](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/what-we-do/) - CESJ studies, teaches, promotes and applies the Just Third Way. Starting with the principles of economic and social justice, and the logic of binary economics, we can develop practical solutions to systemic problems at the enterprise, community, national and global level, empowering directly every man, woman and child with the means of acquiring productive capital
- [CESJ's Logo: A Meditation](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/what-we-believe/cesjs-symbol/) - Justice, we believe, is both simple and universal, perfect yet imperfectly attained, one like the circle, like the Wellspring of creation, and of values universal and absolute. Like the apex of the triangle, Justice is the high ground that transcends conflict; ensouled by Charity resolves thesis and antithesis, brings forth synthesis and ascends to
- [CESJ's Core Values](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/what-we-believe/cesj-core-values/) - Successful organizations start with people firmly committed to a set of core values, which cannot be compromised without weakening the organization. CESJ's strength, unity and programs flow from our founding principles, agreed upon by consensus from our first meeting on April 7, 1984. Our core values were developed to guide us in our work, to
- [CESJ's Code of Ethics](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/what-we-believe/cesj-code-of-ethics/) - Courage. Overcome fear to test your ideas with others or to raise questions about ideas you don't fully understand. Competition of Ideas. Nobody has a monopoly on the Truth. Resist the feeling that your ego or dignity is being attacked if others severely challenge the ideas you bring to the table. Ideas are meant to
- [CESJ's Global Outreach](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/who-we-are/cesjs-global-outreach/) - CESJ's network of members and friends includes leaders from business, labor, banking, government, religion, and academia. In addition to its U.S. membership, CESJ's network has extended to the following countries: Argentina Australia Bangladesh Cameroon Canada People's Republic of China Democratic Republic of Congo Costa Rica Czech Republic Denmark Egypt France Germany Guatemala Hungary Ireland Israel
- [Communications](https://www.cesj.org/programs/communications/) - Social Media Marketing Campaign Join the OWN Team! For more information, visit the website of the Coalition for Capital Homesteading.
- [Current Projects](https://www.cesj.org/programs/current-projects/) - Educating Citizens for Capital Homesteading Political Action Coalition for Capital Homesteading Annual "Own the Fed" Rally at the Federal Reserve Introducing Academia to the Just Third Way Paradigm Justice University (currently seeking project funding) Binary Economics Research Econometric model of a national economy under binary economic growth assumptions and Capital Homesteading policies (currently seeking project
- [Coalition for Capital Homesteading](https://www.cesj.org/programs/coalition-for-capital-homesteading/) - The Coalition for Capital Homesteading is a global network of citizen activists, social entrepreneurs and servant leaders working together for liberty, justice and empowerment for all. Our strategic focus is passage of the proposed legislation called "The Capital Homestead Act". Click here to visit the Coalition for Capital Homesteading web site >> Click here to
- [Educational Programs](https://www.cesj.org/programs/cesj-educational-programs/) - The objective of CESJ's educational programs is to nurture in educators and students a devotion to Economic and Social Justice, as an ethical framework for guiding people to work for the common good. We want to challenge new generations of youth to pursue justice and freedom within business careers and other professions. Our educational programs
- [Research](https://www.cesj.org/programs/education-research/) - To address today's problems and to pursue our purpose and goals, CESJ's research programs are aimed at: Creating an asset-backed currency for non-inflationary growth linked to broadened citizen ownership opportunities. Broadening access to capital credit through two-tier discounting of local bank credit by central banks, such as the Federal Reserve System. Simplifying the tax system
- [Programs](https://www.cesj.org/programs/) - Transforming good ideas into practice, CESJ offers a variety of programs (some now underway and others to commence when resources become available) for scholars and policymakers, business executives, labor leaders, workers and bankers, including: Education: Seminars on the Capital Homestead Act (national and regional expanded ownership policies and strategies). Interfaith conferences on Economic and Social Justice.
- [Forming a CESJ Chapter](https://www.cesj.org/participate/forming-a-cesj-chapter/) - A Core Group can begin with three or more people meeting around a dinner table (sharing food is a good way to attract people to begin working together). What is most important is the commitment to meet regularly and organize to further the cause of Economic and Social Justice. Without commitment and persistence, a chapter cannot survive
- [Kelso Binary Economics Discussion Group](https://www.cesj.org/participate/kelso-binary-economics-discussion-group/) - This discussion group or “online seminar” will discuss Louis Kelso’s theory of binary economics, comparing it to alternative economic models of development, or paradigms. Paradigms, or world views acceptable for teaching in academia, largely influence public opinion and the mindsets of leaders who shape the laws, policies and institutions that in turn determine the quality
- [Ways You Can Advance the Cause](https://www.cesj.org/participate/ways-you-can-advance-the-cause/) - Explore the Website. The best way to introduce yourself to the "Just Third Way" and Capital Homesteading is first to check out the basic writings and audio-visual material on www.cesj.org. Judge for yourself whether CESJ's principles of economic and social justice and "win-win" approach to universalizing worker and citizen access to capital ownership make sense.
- [Participate](https://www.cesj.org/participate/) - The act of Social Justice is the act of organizing. The power that we have now to change any institution of life was always there but we did not know how to use it. Now we know. — Rev. William J. Ferree As CESJ's co-founder and social philosopher Fr. William Ferree wrote in his
- [Global Challenges](https://www.cesj.org/solve/global-challenges/) - Global Challenges
- [National Economic Challenges](https://www.cesj.org/solve/national-economic-challenges/) - National and Regional Economic Policies Life-enhancing initiatives at the personal, family, enterprise or community level -- no matter how well-intentioned -- can easily be suppressed or nullified by a hostile or unjust external environment at the national or global level. Moving from the microeconomic to the macro-economic level, CESJ has developed strategies for reshaping basic
- [Growing Sustainable Communities](https://www.cesj.org/solve/growing-sustainable-communities/) - Growing Citizen-Owned Sustainable Communities Articles on financing citizen-owned land and community development with CLBs, CH financing,
- [Justice in the Corporation](https://www.cesj.org/solve/justice-in-the-corporation/) - Articles on applications of Justice-Based Leadership, Governance and Management
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- [Definitions](https://www.cesj.org/learn/definitions/) - What is "justice"? How can we build a "more just" world? Clearly, before we can "have," "do," or "build" justice, we have to know what we mean by the word itself. Similarly, if we want to work with others for "economic justice" and "social justice," we must first define our terms, so that we know
- [Testimonials for CESJ](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/testimonials-for-cesj/) - “Your ideas were so inspiring and your book very thoughtful. Your concept of Capital Homesteading for Every Citizen is fantastic. It is – in my judgment – a practical cure for most, if not all, Third World problems. "Having said that, I started to propagate this idea and passed some of your literature to certain
- [What We Believe](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/what-we-believe/) - Successful organizations start with people firmly committed to a set of core values, which cannot be compromised without weakening the organization. CESJ's strength, unity and programs flow from our founding principles, agreed upon by consensus from our first meeting on April 7, 1984. Our core values were developed to guide us in our work, to
- [Historic Correspondence](https://www.cesj.org/resources/archives/historic-correspondence/) - Letter from Martin Luther King, Jr. to Louis O. Kelso, 1/26/68 (http://www.thekingcenter.org/archive/document/letter-mlk-louis-o-kelso)
- [CESJ Special Reports](https://www.cesj.org/resources/archives/cesj-special-reports/)
- [Past CESJ Newsletters and Newsbriefs](https://www.cesj.org/resources/archives/past-cesj-newsletters-newsbriefs/) - CESJ Newsletters (Economic Justice Monitor) Economic Justice Monitor, January-February 1994, Vol. 9, No. 1 Economic Justice Monitor, Summer-Fall 1994, Vol. 9, No. 3 Economic Justice Monitor, 1st Quarter, Vol. 10, No. 1 Economic Justice Monitor, Summer-Fall 1996, Vol. 11, No. 1 Economic Justice Monitor, Summer 1997, Vol. 12, No. 1 Economic Justice Monitor, Summer 1998,
- [Say's Law of Markets: Louis Kelso vs. Henry George](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/says-law-of-markets-louis-kelso-vs-henry-george/) - ["Say's Law of Markets" by Norman Kurland, President of the Center for Economic and Social Justice, is commented on by School of Cooperative Individualism Director, Ed J. Dodson, during 2006. An ongoing exchange of views on the subject occurred over several months on-line, the transcript of which is available though the "Capital Ownership Group."] _____
- [Preparing for a CESJ Internship/Fellowship Telephone Interview](https://www.cesj.org/programs/internships-and-fellowships/preparing-for-a-cesj-internshipfellowship-telephone-interview/) - CESJ has designed its internship to promote rigorous analysis and critique of the "The Just Third Way" paradigm of socio-economic development, its underlying principles of economic and social justice, its theory of "binary economics" and its real-world applications of "Capital Homesteading." The intern is also expected to develop a proposal and timeline for his or
- [Directions to Lakeside Plaza (Club Room)](https://www.cesj.org/programs/april-2016-events/directions-to-lakeside-plaza-club-room/) - 2015 CESJ ANNUAL MEETING AND STRATEGY SESSION LAKESIDE PLAZA CLUB ROOM 3800 Powell Lane • Falls Church, Virginia 22041 April 18, 2015 (Check maps.google.com or mapquest.com for exact directions from your location. For information on the events, contact CESJ by e-mail at info@cesj.org or call 703-243-5155.) From – US Route 50/Washington DC: Take Rt. 50-West
- [Nearby Parking Garages](https://www.cesj.org/programs/april-2016-events/nearby-parking-garages/) - Convenient to Lafayette Park (1608 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006) Nation Parking 801 17th Street, NW between H St. and I St., NW Estimate: $15 (best price) - takes credit cards Garage capacity: 80 cars Royal Operating Co. 1651 H Street, NW Between Connecticut Ave. and 17th St., NW Estimate: $16.50 - cash only
- [R.S.V.P. for April 2016 Events](https://www.cesj.org/programs/april-2016-events/r-s-v-p-april-2016-events/) - * * * Center for Economic and Social Justice and Coalition for Capital Homesteading [ ] I/We plan to attend the April 22nd Rally for Monetary Justice (10:00 AM - 1:30 PM) Mall area across from Federal Reserve Building, Constitution Avenue between 21st and 20th Streets, NW). [ ] I/We plan to attend the April
- [The Just Third Way - How America Can Win the War of Ideas](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/just-third-way-america-can-win-war-ideas/) - ABSTRACT By Norman G. Kurland, Dawn K. Brohawn, and Michael D. Greaney (Presented at the National War College, Washington, DC, October 27, 2014) Humanity in the 21st Century faces a conundrum. With the capacity to feed, house and clothe billions, the world is faced with seemingly unsolvable problems. War threatens to spread from countries
- [Basic Presentation on the Just Third Way (Outline)](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/basic-presentation-just-third-way-outline/) - 1. The Fundamental Issue: Power A. Preamble, U.S. Constitution (“We the People…to form a more perfect Union, Establish Justice”) B. Virginia Declaration of Rights (“Life, Liberty with the Means of Acquiring…Property”) C. U.N. Declaration of Human Rights (Article 17) 2. Power follows Property (Daniel Webster) A. Defining “power” and “property” B. The top 400
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- [SVS Bangladesh (Full List)](https://www.cesj.org/participate/shared-vision-statement-intro/svs-signatories/svs-bangladesh-full/) - Mafia, Housewife, VILL. KHOLAGAON, Dist. Chandpur Mobarak Mia, Student, ATHOMOR, Dist. Chandpur Kalpona Akter (Jhimu), BANGLADESH CENTER FOR WORKERS SOLIDARITY (BCWS), Dhaka Sk. Nazma, BANGLADESH CENTER FOR WORKERS SOLIDARITY (BCWS), Dhaka L.M. Kamrul Anam, President, BANGLADESH TEXTILE AND GARMENT WORKERS LEAGUE, Mirpur, Dhaka Sirajul Islam Rony, General Secretary, BANGLADESH TEXTILE AND GARMENT WORKERS LEAGUE, Mirpur,
- [A New Look at Prices and Money (Abstract)](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/new-look-prices-money-abstract/) - The Kelsonian Binary Model for Achieving Rapid Growth Without Inflation by Norman G. Kurland © 1972 revised 2002 (later published in The Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol.30, pgs. 495-515) ABSTRACT In this paper a case will be made for a major transformation of any nation's monetary system so that in the future new money will
- [The Just Third Way: How We Can Create Green Growth, Widespread Prosperity and Global Peace (Abstract)](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/jtw-how-we-can-create-green-growth-abstract/) - By Norman G. Kurland, Dawn K. Brohawn and Michael D. Greaney © 2008, 2014 Center for Economic and Social Justice Humanity in the 21st Century faces a conundrum. With the capacity to feed, house and clothe billions, the world is faced with seemingly insoluble problems. War threatens to spread from countries to regions to
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- [Links to Useful Resources](https://www.cesj.org/resources/links/links-to-useful-resources/) - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Collected articles by Dr. John Scales Avery on global peace, sustainable development, climate change and the need for a new economic system (published by Transcend Media Services)
- [East St. Louis Delivers Solution To America’s Energy and Economic Crisis](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/east-st-louis-delivers-solution-to-americas-energy-and-economic-crisis/) - The Coalition For Energy Independence And Citizen Ownership (in collaboration with the Center for Economic and Social Justice) “Cut Us In or Cut It Out!” On March 26, 2009 at the National Press Building in Washington, D.C., leaders from one of the most poverty-impacted communities in the U.S., the City of East St. Louis and
- [Take Flight? No, Take Stock!](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/take-flight-no-take-stock/) - The Columbian, January 30, 2000 "Air travel needs more plans with public sharing ownership" By Steve Nieman About the author: Steve Nieman of Vancouver is an airline captain at Horizon Air and president of Horizon/Alaska Customer/Employee CoOwnership Association Inc. Its Web site is www.eahsop.org The proposed megamergers of United Airlines with US Airways and American Airlines
- [Social Charity](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/social-charity-by-rev-william-j-ferree/) - Seminar conducted by Father Ferree, Chaminade High School, Mineola, L.I., N.Y., April 11, 12, 13, 1966. Notes © 2003 Center for Economic and Social Justice Introductory Talk Every once in a while I get impressed with the way our sins catch up with us. So now we’ll make a few mistakes together! The subject that we
- [Cerrando la Brecha de la Riqueza: Una Tercera Vía Justa](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/cerrando-la-brecha-de-la-riqueza-una-tercera-via-justa/) - por Norman G. Kurland, Michael D. Greaney y Dawn K. Brohawn Centro para la Justicia Económica y Social, Washington D.C. [Traducción (2000) por el Dr. Alvaro Magaña, el ex presidente de El Salvador.] Una Perspectiva Diferente de la Globalización Económica "La tormenta económica que ha estado azotando las economías en todo el globo está intensificando una
- [The Rebirth of the Corporation](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/the-rebirth-of-the-corporation-by-peter-s-grosscup/) - American Illustrated Magazine - June 1906 by Peter S. Grosscup (JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS) The property of this country is owned by the many and controlled by the few. That is the essence of the corporation problem as Judge Grosscup showed in his article "Who Shall Own America?" in the
- [Who Shall Own America?](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/who-shall-own-america-by-peter-s-grosscup/) - Shall the Prosperity and Property of America Belong to the Individual American? — A Problem and the Solution (American Illustrated Magazine - December 1905) By Peter S. Grosscup (JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS) Through history, the very basis of the American Republic has been the ownership of the property of the country by individual
- [How to Save the Corporation](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/how-to-save-the-corporation-by-peter-s-grosscup/) - By Peter S. Grosscup [Peter S. Grosscup (1852-1921) served as Justice of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals] If, by national prosperity, we mean what the American people, in the mass, are achieving, in the way of increased material output, and power of productivity; if, by national prosperity, we mean that in the mass,
- [Central Bank Funding of  Economic Growth and Economic Justice Through Expanded Capital Ownership](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/central-bank-funding-of-economic-growth-and-economic-justice-through-expanded-capital-ownership-by-norman-a-bailey-ph-d/) - By Norman A. Bailey, Ph.D. Presented at the Capital Ownership Group Conference on Globalization Four Points Sheraton Hotel, Washington, D.C. October 9-11, 2002 Introduction: The Twin Threats In 1911 the British author Norman Angell published the book The Great Illusion. This book sold more copies than any work up to that time except the Bible.
- [Beyond ESOP: Steps Toward Tax Justice](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/beyond-esop-steps-toward-tax-justice/) - by Norman G. Kurland © 1977 by Tax Executives Institute, Inc. Reprinted with permission from The Tax Executive, (April, July 1977) 187-199, 386-402, with author's 1993 revisions. "Our tax system is a national disgrace." (President Jimmy Carter, during his 1976 Presidential Campaign) "The Congress in a series of laws has made clear its interest in encouraging employee
- [New Seeds of Hope: Economic Empowerment of America's Rural Citizens](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/new-seeds-of-hope-economic-empowerment-of-americas-rural-citizens/) - By Norman G. Kurland, Dawn K. Brohawn and Michael D. Greaney Center for Economic and Social Justice Response to USDA's "Rural Development Overview" Presented at the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Senior Policy Retreat May 5-7, 1994 "But if we are to retain freedom, then we can only do so by keeping the determining mass
- [Organized for the Common Good Through Justice-Based Management](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/organized-for-the-common-good-through-justice-based-management-by-william-l-nicholson/) - by William L. Nicholson, President, Western Building Products, Inc. © 2002 Western Building Products, Inc. [Originally titled "Organized for the Common Good Through Value-Based Management."] In 1983, Western Building Products, Inc. embarked on a journey on the path of economic and social justice with the implementation of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). With the
- [Beyond Privatization: An Egyptian Model for Democratizing Capital Credit for Workers](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/beyond-privatization-an-egyptian-model-for-democratizing-capital-credit-for-workers-by-norman-g-kurland-and-dawn-k-brohawn/) - by Norman G. Kurland and Dawn K. Brohawn Paper presented to American Banker Conferences on ESOPs, New York City, June 12-13, 1989, as revised by authors, 1993 Introduction "Privatization" has become a buzzword with many meanings. It can mean anything from restructuring basic economic institutions to foster a competitive free enterprise system (i.e. policy reform), to
- [South Bend Lathe: What Can We Learn from an ESOP "Failure"?](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/south-bend-lathe-what-can-we-learn-from-an-esop-failure-by-norman-g-kurland/) - by Norman G. Kurland South Bend Lathe, the bête noire of the ESOP movement, may forever hold the dubious distinction as the company where "owners went on strike against themselves." While this popular characterization has long diverted attention from the hidden issues involved, the South Bend Lathe experience offers a useful cautionary tale for companies
- [Fastener Industries: The Nuts and Bolts of a Modern Ownership Culture](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/fastener-industries-the-nuts-and-bolts-of-a-modern-ownership-culture/) - Fastener Industries is one of America's premier 100 percent employee-owned companies. It has secured a solid place in the market by becoming the foremost manufacturer of industrial fasteners. These include weld nuts, weld screws, and related leveler assemblies for use of original equipment manufacturers in the metal working industry. Their products can be found in
- [Binary Economics: The New Paradigm](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/binary-economics-the-new-paradigm/) - by Rodney Shakespeare August 2000* Is there a Third Way? No, not if by ‘Third Way’ is meant the vacuous rhetoric of Clinton and Blair which likes to give an impression of progressive policy while keeping the reality to the right of centre. A few years ago, the British Labour party and the American
- [The Binary Alternative & The Future of Capitalism](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/the-binary-alternative-the-future-of-capitalism-by-mark-douglas-reiners/) - by Mark Douglas Reiners We are living through a political crisis of the Transfer State: the United States has reached social and political limits beyond which it has become very difficult to squeeze the wage earnings of the working population for the benefit of those who do not earn wages. The signs and symptoms
- [A New Paradigm for Economic Empowerment of the Family in the 21st Century](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/a-new-paradigm-for-economic-empowerment-of-the-family-in-the-21st-century/) - WORLD CULTURE AND SPORTS FESTIVAL '99 Special Convocation on "Family Ethics and World Peace" February 4-8, 1999 (Seoul, Korea) Panel discussions hosted by the Federation for World Peace Backgrounder by Antonio Betancourt Deputy Secretary-General, Federation for World Peace The current social institutions, particularly the financial and economic structures, have led to a state of society
- [The Third Way: Is It Real?](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/national-press-club-the-third-way-is-it-real/) - Panel hosted by the World Institute for Development and Peace and the Center for Economic and Social Justice National Press Club Building, Washington, D.C., September 10, 1998 Panelists: Dr. Norman A. Bailey, international monetary economist Norman G. Kurland, President, Center for Economic and Social Justice Dr. Marcus Raskin, Distinguished Fellow and co-founder, Institute for Policy Studies
- [The Just Third Way: A New Vision for Providing Hope, Justice and Economic Empowerment](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/the-just-third-way-a-new-vision-for-providing-hope-justice-and-economic-empowerment/) - by Norman G. Kurland, Michael D. Greaney and Dawn K. Brohawn (Presented at the press conference on "The Third Way: Is It For Real?", held at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C., September 10, 1998 and at a Regional Symposium on Globalization sponsored by the Caribbean Development Bank and the Caribbean Congress of Labor, August 31-September 4, 1998) ©
- [The Just Third Way: Basic Principles of Economic and Social Justice](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/the-just-third-way-basic-principles-of-economic-and-social-justice-by-norman-g-kurland/) - by Norman G. Kurland, President, Center for Economic and Social Justice Presented at the Fifth Annual Conference of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) Wyndham Washington Hotel, Washington, D.C., May 28-29, 2004 Are there limits to freedom? Are there limits to democracy? Are there limits to peace? Are there limits
- [The Elusive Third Way](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/the-elusive-third-way-by-norman-g-kurland/) - by Norman G. Kurland (Reprinted from The Washington Post, "Letters to the Editor," 9/22/98, A16) The Post’s Aug. 30 editorial "As Russia Abandons Reform" asserts that "there is in fact no ‘third way to prosperity.’ " Let’s examine this point. On the one hand there is capitalism, an economic system governed by market forces but where
- [Curing World Poverty: The New Role of Property (Endorsements)](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/curing-world-poverty-the-new-role-of-property-endorsements/) - "[T]his is a stimulating and exciting book: it presents a system which is simple and elegant (like all great ideas); which is based on market economics elevated by the injection of democratic and religious values concerning the purpose of life; which has appeal to all sides of the political spectrum . . . [and which]
- [Curing World Poverty: The New Role of Property (Summary)](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/curing-world-poverty-the-new-role-of-property-summary/) - The Disease: Too Few Own the Wealth of Nations, Too Many Own Nothing. The Cure: Create Property for the Poor, Without Taking Existing Property from the Rich. Summary For decades governments, organizations and individuals throughout the world have tried to solve the intertwined problems of poverty, hunger, and social injustice. Yet these conditions persist,
- [Good is to be Done](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/good-is-to-be-done-by-michael-d-greaney/) - by Michael D. Greaney, Director of Research Center for Economic and Social Justice, (www.cesj.org) Keynote Address delivered at the Conference of the Catholic Central Union of America, St. Frances de Sales Oratory, St. Louis, Missouri Saturday, August 9, 2008 Good evening ladies, gentlemen, reverend fathers, honored guests. What is CESJ? The interfaith Center for Economic and Social Justice
- [A Nation of Owners](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/a-nation-of-owners-by-norman-a-bailey/) - By Norman A. Bailey (The International Economy, July 30, 2000) Two developments in recent years have created dilemmas for the American polity. The first is the growing knowledge and capital asset disparities within the social structure of the United States, even as the economy has entered into its longest period of expansion in history. The
- [President Ronald Reagan's Speech on Project Economic Justice](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/history-accomplishments/pres-reagans-speech-on-project-economic-justice/) - Transcript of Speech Presented at the White House Washington, D.C., August 3, 1987 Thank you. First and foremost, I would like to express my appreciation to Ambassador Middendorf, Norm Kurland, and the members of the Task Force for the time and effort they contributed to this project. Perhaps they could stand. Thank you. Scientists say
- [A Personal Journey  to the Just Third Way](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/a-personal-journey-to-the-just-third-way/) - Biographical Narrative on Norman G. Kurland 1. His Personal Philosophy Mr. Kurland's work starts from the premise that basic institutions in the modern world–the business corporation, the labor union, and even the State–are not performing well in the global marketplace. These institutions are not delivering economic and social justice, especially for the least privileged and
- [Universal Declaration On The Sovereignty of the Human Person Under God](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/universal-declaration-on-the-sovereignty-of-the-human-person-under-god/) - (Approved on August 22, 1997 at Second Annual Conference of the Scholars for Social Justice, Pallotine Renewal Center, St. Louis, Missouri) IT IS incumbent upon every person of good will, always and everywhere, to protect and preserve the natural moral principles that govern human life and civil society. In the face of ruthless forces that
- [CESJ and ARP Launch First Annual "Focus on the Fed"](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/cesj-and-arp-launch-first-annual-focus-on-the-fed/) - Tax Day Marks Inauguration of American Revolutionary Party Published by the Center for Economic and Social Justice, May 20, 2005 Photos by Kemp Harshman Tax Day 2005 On a bright, brisk day, April 15, 2005, the core groups and special guests of the Center for Economic and Social Justice (CESJ) and the American Revolutionary Party (ARP) gathered
- [The New Emancipation: Economic Justice in the Twenty-First Century](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/the-new-emancipation-economic-justice-in-the-twenty-first-century/) - Norman A. Bailey, Ph.D. Former Senior Director of International Economic Affairs to President Reagan (Speech presented at a conference on "Renewing the United Nations and Building a Culture of Peace," Session Four: "The UN and Freedom from Poverty," Report from the Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace, Assembly 2000, New York, August 2000.) Between
- [Economic Empowerment for a Culture of Peace](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/economic-empowerment-for-a-culture-of-peace/) - Rev. Dr. Walter Fauntroy Former Delegate to the US House of Representatives from the District of Columbia (Speech presented at a conference on "Renewing the United Nations and Building a Culture of Peace," Session Four: "The UN and Freedom from Poverty," Report from the Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace, Assembly 2000, New York, August
- [CLB: A Vehicle for Political and Economic Empowerment  of Individual Citizens at the Community Level](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/clb-a-vehicle-for-political-and-economic-empowerment-of-individual-citizens-at-the-community-level/) - by Norman G. Kurland, Center for Economic and Social Justice "The only way we as black people are going to get anything is through ownership, because ownership brings power. We don't have enough power. That's why we can't change things." Earvin (Magic) Johnson, responding to governmental initiatives following 1992 Los Angeles riots Magic Johnson hits the mark.
- [Infrastructural Reforms and Tax Incentives for Encouraging Citizens Land Banks (CLBs)](https://www.cesj.org/economic-democracy-vehicles/citizens-land-development-cooperatives-cldcs/tax-incentives-and-infrastructural-reforms-needed-to-encourage-citizens-land-banks-clbs/) - Editor's Note: The "Citizens Land Bank (CLB") has also been referred to by CESJ as the for-profit "Citizens Land Cooperative (CLC)" and the for-profit "Community Investment Corporation (CIC)" (a term used since the 1960s). CESJ is now using the term "Citizens Land Bank" to avoid confusion with the now-popular usage of "Community Investment Corporation" as a
- [Justice-Based Management: A System for Building an Ownership Culture](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/justice-based-management-a-system-for-building-an-ownership-culture/) - Excerpted from a paper presented at the ESOP Association 21st Annual Conference - May 20-22, 1998 - Washington, D.C., [Originally entitled, "Value-Based Management: A System for Building an Ownership Culture."] Work in most companies today follows the "scientific management" philosophy of Frederick Winslow Taylor. Writing in 1911, Taylor proposed that systemizing efficiency should be the primary
- [The Binary Economics of Louis Kelso: A Democratic Private Property System for Growth and Justice](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/the-binary-economics-of-louis-kelso-abstract/) - by Robert H. A. Ashford, © 1994 Robert H. A. Ashford. Reprinted with permission of the author. ABSTRACT Binary economics is fundamentally different from modern capitalist and socialist economic theories in all of their forms. It may be properly viewed as classical, free-market economics modified to reflect the post-industrial age. It is also a
- [Binary Economics: The New Paradigm (Book Review)](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/binary-economics-the-new-paradigm-book-review/) - by Robert Ashford and Rodney Shakespeare, (University Press of America, Lanham, Maryland, 1999, 464 pp., hardback and paper) Reviewed by Norman G. Kurland*, President, Center for Economic and Social Justice, Washington, D.C., April 20, 1999 In 1965, when I first heard of the late Louis Kelso's revolutionary solution to the problem of world poverty, I thought, "Of course!
- [Protocol for Participation in  Binary Economics Discussion Group](https://www.cesj.org/participate/kelso-binary-economics-discussion-group/protocol-for-participation-in-binary-economics-discussion-group/) - Objective. This discussion group or online seminar will be open to everyone interested in understanding, researching, critiquing, improving and applying the binary growth model conceived by Louis Kelso and the Capital Homesteading reforms designed to expand capital ownership at all levels, from the family and community levels to that of regional, national and global marketplaces.
- [Economics For People: Bangladesh’s Future](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/economics-for-people-bangladeshs-future/) - by William Christensen, Institute of Integrated Rural Development (IIRD) Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 7, 2000 (E-mail: iird@bdmail.net) Introduction: Dreams Becoming Realities In 1998 and again in 1999, Dr. Norman Kurland, President of the Center for Economic and Social Justice (CESJ) of Washington D.C., USA, visited Bangladesh; each visit was for 2-3 weeks. He presented new, exciting ideas
- [Teaching Binary Economics in Universities and Professional Schools](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/teaching-binary-economics-in-universities-abstract/) - by Professor Robert Ashford, © 2000 Robert Ashford, reprinted with permission of the author. ABSTRACT Binary economics simultaneously offers (1) a rigorous, new conception of economics and (2) a more open, competitive and democratic private property system. It offers a new paradigm for understanding economic efficiency, growth, and justice that is foundationally distinct from left-wing,
- [Ten Controversial Questions](https://www.cesj.org/ten-controversial-questions/) - (Robert Ashford, Professor of Law, © 2000 Robert Ashford, reprinted with permission of the author.) Why does wealth tend to concentrate in market economies even in times of great prosperity? Why (if markets are basically free and competitive) does vast excess productive capacity persist alongside of widespread unmet needs and wants? Why does the great
- [Teaching Binary Economics in Universities and Professional Schools (Course Outline)](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/teaching-binary-economics-in-universities-and-professional-schools-course-outline/) - by Professor Robert Ashford, © 2000 Robert Ashford, reprinted with permission of the author. 1. Overview of binary economics 1.1. Capital and labor are "independently" productive: They have "independent" productive capacity (just as two workers have independent productive capacity even though they may cooperate or do their work "interdependently") 1.2. Technological advance makes capital much more
- [Whose Pie? And Why ESOP's?](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/whose-pie-and-why-esops/) - Sen. Russell Long By The Honorable Russell B. Long Excerpted from floor statement of November 17, 1983 on the "Employee Stock Ownership Act of 1983," and reprinted in three parts in the Congressional Record, July 30, July 31 and August 1, 1985. Employee stock ownership has grown in popularity all across this country over the past
- [Justice-Based Management: A Framework for Equity and Efficiency in the Workplace](https://www.cesj.org/building-justice-based-enterprise-models/justice-based-management-a-framework-for-equity-and-efficiency-in-the-workplace/) - by Dawn K. Brohawn In collaboration with Stephen F. Hardiman, Norman G. Kurland and Thomas J. Simon [Originally titled, "Value-Based Management: A Framework for Equity and Efficiency in the Workplace."] As the world prepares to enter a new millennium, change has become the rule of the day. From the macro to the micro level, from
- [Karl Marx: The Almost Capitalist](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/karl-marx-the-almost-capitalist/) - By Louis O. Kelso American Bar Association Journal, March 1957. Reprinted with permission of publisher. CESJ Editor's Note: In his brilliant critique of Karl Marx's Das Kapital, lawyer-economist Louis Kelso pinpoints Marx's fateful error in his analysis of and prescriptions for addressing the moral omission of "primitive" capitalism. However, in the opinion of some supporters,
- [Oil Power to the People of Saudi Arabia](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/oil-power-to-the-saudi-people/) - A First Step to Justice in Saudi Arabia, A Big Leap Forward for Humanity by Norman G. Kurland, President, Center for Economic and Social Justice Presented at the Conference on “Alternative Political Structures for Saudi Arabia” Sponsored by the Center on Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia Freedom House, Washington, D.C., February 24, 2005.
- [Dinner at the Madison: Louis Kelso Meets Russell Long (excerpt)](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/history-accomplishments/dinner-at-the-madison-excerpt/) - Sen. Russell Long and Norman Kurland by Norman Kurland In the chronicles of the expanded ownership movement, the meeting on November 27, 1973, between "ESOP inventor" Louis Kelso and Senator Russell Long in the Montpelier Room of the Madison Hotel, was a watershed event. For the first time, a major political power became excited about
- [Infrastructural Reforms And Tax Incentives Needed To Encourage Employee Stock Ownership Plans](https://www.cesj.org/economic-democracy-vehicles/employee-stock-ownership-plans-esops/infrastructural-reforms-and-tax-incentives-needed-to-encourage-employee-stock-ownership-plans/) - 1. Make debt service on a leveraged ESOP a tax-deductible business expense, so that employees without savings can purchase major portions (up to 100%) of a company's common stock on borrowed funds repayable out of pre-tax corporate profits. 2. Provide a tax-sheltered entity, such as an ESOP trust, so that shares of stock acquired by
- [Legendary ESOP champion, former Senator Russell Long, accepts CESJ’s Kelso-Ferree Award](https://www.cesj.org/programs/cesj-awards/legendary-esop-champion-former-senator-russell-long-accepts-cesjs-kelso-ferree-award-1999/) - “It was a distinct honor to be given The Kelso-Ferree Lifetime Achievement Award by the Center for Economic and Social Justice. Thank you for bestowing me with such a special recognition and for hosting our wonderful luncheon. Carolyn and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I’m so pleased that the employee stock ownership movement is still going
- [A New Model of Nation-Building for Citizens of Iraq](https://www.cesj.org/resources/articles-index/a-new-model-of-nation-building-for-citizens-of-iraq/) - (Center for Economic and Social Justice, published in "Futures 40," Elsevier Ltd., July 15, 2008, 841-843, www.elsevier.com/locate/futures. Editor's Note added September 3, 2014.) Editor's Note (2014): From the perspective of "post-war" Iraq, years after the transfer of sovereignty and withdrawal of U.S. forces, the subsequent fracturing of Iraq along religious and ethnic lines and rise
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- [National Field Secretaries](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/who-we-are/our-board-officers-project-managers/national-field-secretaries/) - [cesj_list_posts post_type='director' taxonomy='department' term='national-field-secretaries']
- [Board of Counselors](https://www.cesj.org/about-cesj-in-brief/who-we-are/our-board-officers-project-managers/board-of-counselors/) - [cesj_list_posts post_type='director' taxonomy='department' term='board-of-counselors']
- [Citizen-Owned Land & Resources Development](https://www.cesj.org/programs/citizen-owned-land-andcommunity-development/) - Citizen-Owned Land and Resources Development
- [Designing the Future](https://www.cesj.org/solve/designing-the-future/) - We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims. [Our challenge is] to make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone. — R. Buckminster Fuller
- [Welcome to CESJ](https://www.cesj.org/cesj-home-page/) - Thank you for visiting the on-line library and learning center of the Center for Economic and Social Justice. CESJ is a non-profit educational organization, think tank and social action catalyst founded in 1984. We are dedicated to a free enterprise approach to economic and social justice for all, through equal opportunities to capital ownership for

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