Welcome to Democratic Capitalism

A reinvention of economic and public policies combining social direction and conscience with market…

Ethical Tariffs

Protect American workers by imposing tariffs based on looser restrictions on employment standards and working conditions.

Although economic globalization has brought many benefits, it has also come with some costs. One of the more prominent consequences of international…

The Case for the Relative Maximum Wage

What if we could sidestep issues of inflation, productivity, and geographic price differentials with a permanent solution to income inequality?

For decades, a debate has raged in America and the world over the appropriateness of a…

Government-Owned Education Materials

Our government is paying for intellectual rights per student. It’s the biggest scam in the…

A Worker-Focused, Market-Driven Alternative to the Stock Market

What if “worker-owned” were universal, and capitalists bore as much of the risk of investment as they take of the profits? Here’s how. I know it’s long, but I’m laying out a whole new economic system, okay? Bear with me.

Taxing Vacant Rental Properties

Each residential unit has a monopoly on the plot of land it occupies. Artificial housing shortages are…

The Case for the Corporate Employment Tax Deduction

Taxing something reduces the amount of it. Why are we reducing the number of jobs through taxation? If anything, we should do the opposite.

Graduating Into Citizenship

A 10-year path for anyone willing to earn a stake in America.

On account of the phenomenal economic opportunities and relative military security, there is very high demand around the world to live in the United States. There are far more people who would…

Medical Vouchers, Public Hospitals

We need universal medical care, and we need market forces to keep that care affordable.

The American medical system shows all the classic signs of monopoly control: very inelastic demand, artificial shortages of supply, artificially inflated…

Doing Education Vouchers Right

Vouchers may be added to the price of private tuition, with strings attached for private schools that accept them.

Public education as it currently exists is primarily a government monopoly affair. Children are assigned to one school based on where…