A PHILOSOPHY FOR SHARED PROSPERITY
Freedom to build.
Prosperity to share.
Joint Capitalism connects private enterprise with shared rewards, reinvestment, and democratic accountability. People should be free to build, share in the value they help create, and have a voice in decisions that affect them.
START WITH THE IDEA
One workshop.
Two possible years.
Imagine a workshop with ten employees. In one profitable year, a $200,000 surplus funds a $50,000 reserve contribution, $60,000 in worker rewards, $60,000 for owners, and $30,000 for future opportunity.
A hypothetical example with terms agreed before the year begins. A difficult year changes what is available to share.
See both years and the agreement behind themThe philosophy
Why Joint, what we believe, and the principles connecting individual freedom with shared responsibility.
Explore the philosophy02 / IMAGINEIn practice
A worked budget and three hypothetical examples of shared rewards, ownership, and reinvestment.
See the possibilities03 / EVALUATEAccountability
Who owns, who benefits, who decides, and how we would judge whether the idea is working.
Examine the standards04 / UNDERSTANDWhat we believe
Direct answers about individual freedom, shared obligations, fair rewards, and the limits of power.
Read our positionGO A LITTLE DEEPER
Understand it.
Help shape it.
What makes it different
Explore its relationship to capitalism, cooperatives, social democracy, and stakeholder capitalism.
Read and share
Download the manifesto and explore the sources behind related ideas.
Contribute a perspective
Challenge an assumption, suggest research, or offer a clearer way forward.