READ · QUESTION · SHARE

An idea worth examining.
A commitment worth sharing.

Start with the one-page manifesto. Then explore the definitions, traditions, and research that give this conversation context.

THE ONE-PAGE MANIFESTO

Freedom to build.
Prosperity to share.

A concise statement of our commitments to initiative, dignity, shared opportunity, and accountable power.

Download the manifesto

PDF · one page · September 2026

OUR COMMITMENT

Protect the freedom to build.
Share the opportunity to prosper.
Keep power accountable.

Our success should make more success possible.

SOURCES & RELATED IDEAS

Build on what exists.
Be clear about what we propose.

These sources help define related approaches and point toward research. They are not endorsements of Joint Capitalism, and they do not prove the complete framework works.

01 / ECONOMIC BACKGROUND

What Is Capitalism?

Sarwat Jahan and Ahmed Saber Mahmud · IMF, Finance & Development

An introduction to private ownership, markets, and different forms of capitalism, including mixed economies. Useful for avoiding the assumption that capitalism always means an absence of public responsibility.

02 / OWNERSHIP & MEMBER VOICE

Cooperative identity, values & principles

International Cooperative Alliance · identity statement adopted in 1995

The cooperative movement's own definition and principles, including voluntary membership, democratic control, economic participation, and concern for community. A useful reference for an established ownership model.

03 / DEMOCRATIC ECONOMIC POLICY

Godesberg Program of the SPD

Social Democratic Party of Germany · 1959 · translated primary source hosted by GHDI

A historical example linking democratic rights, enterprise, social protection, and restraints on concentrated power. Read it in its historical context; it does not represent every social-democratic position today.

04 / WORKPLACE RESEARCH

Shared Capitalism at Work

Edited by Douglas L. Kruse, Richard B. Freeman, and Joseph R. Blasi · University of Chicago Press · 2010

Research on employee ownership, profit sharing, gain sharing, and broad-based stock options. The book examines worker and firm outcomes as well as risks. It concerns related arrangements, not a trial of this proposed philosophy.

05 / CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

Davos Manifesto 2020

Klaus Schwab · World Economic Forum · published December 2019

A statement of corporate purpose that includes employees, customers, suppliers, communities, and shareholders. It provides a direct point of comparison for our commitments to shared rewards and accountable decisions. It is a normative statement, not evidence that every company follows it.

Three kinds of statement on this site

  • Published background: descriptions tied to an external source, especially in the comparison.
  • Our position: principles and institutional commitments we advocate.
  • Illustration: fictional examples and sample numbers used to explain a choice.

We have not presented the illustrations as operating programs or measured results. Evidence should help us revise the implementation.

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